Overview
- Two separate robberies took place on Thursday in Berlin-Wedding and in Bonn-Tannenbusch when masked suspects threatened staff and fled with cash.
- In Berlin-Wedding a masked man pointed a suspected firearm at a 27-year-old employee, took the cash register and its takings, and dropped the empty register during his escape; police recovered it nearby.
- In Bonn two men wearing balaclavas threatened an attendant with a revolver and a knife, stole cash and cigarettes worth a low four-figure sum, and left the scene before officers arrived.
- Police say no one was injured in the reported incidents and that an earlier robbery in Berlin-Köpenick involved two masked men who used a suspected blank-firing weapon and took a low three-figure amount.
- Investigations are active: Kriminalkommissariat 14 led forensic work in Bonn, Berlin police are probing the Wedding case, suspects remain at large, and authorities are pursuing follow-up enquiries and witness leads.