Overview

• Police say the suspect approached two 11-year-old cousins at about 19:50 on Saturday at the corner of Zimmerstraße and Priorstraße in Dortmund.
• He allegedly threatened the boys with a knife and took cash from one child’s shoulder bag before fleeing.
• Witness descriptions and video surveillance led officers to locate the man a few hundred meters from the playground.
• During the detention, officers drew a service weapon as the suspect made threatening movements, then handcuffed him and secured the knife.
• Authorities describe the 47-year-old as stateless and known to police, and they recorded him in Dortmund’s knife-carry ban program as investigations continue.