Overview
- The attacker entered the Trinkhalle Pit Stop shortly before 10 p.m. on Halloween, threatened owner Mesut Tasci, and fired a shot from a gas pistol without causing injury.
- Tasci discreetly triggered an alarm that drew a loudspeaker response from the security control center, causing the would-be robber to flee without taking cash.
- Plainclothes police apprehended a suspect roughly 500 meters from the kiosk within minutes of the incident.
- Police identify the detainee as a 19-year-old German born in Iraq from Rösrath, known to authorities, and say he was carrying a gas pistol and a balaclava.
- The suspect is in custody at JVA Wuppertal under an arrest warrant for aggravated robbery as investigators continue their inquiry and the owner returns to work.