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Police Seek Witnesses After Teen Robberies in Leipzig and Gelsenkirchen

Reports detail threats to seize phones, demands for PINs, plus a witness intervention in Leipzig.

Overview

  • In northern Leipzig, two children were robbed near Kasseler and Breitenfelder streets on Thursday afternoon, with a small two-digit sum taken.
  • Leipzig police released detailed descriptions of three juvenile suspects and asked the unidentified woman who stepped in to contact investigators.
  • In Gelsenkirchen-Buer around 14:00, a trio confronted a 14-year-old at the bus station, took cash from his wallet, and demanded his bank card PIN before fleeing.
  • Roughly an hour later in Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck, two teens threatened a 13- and a 14-year-old near the Bergwerk Consolidation stop but left without loot.
  • At about 18:00 in Gelsenkirchen’s Erle skatepark, two youths forced a 13- and a 14-year-old to hand over phones and access data; police reported no arrests and appealed for tips.