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Two men have died after an alleged robbery from a jeweler in Celle’s old town. One of the alleged perpetrators was shot at the scene and the second was seriously injured. He died in the hospital Monday night, police announced Tuesday morning. First reported the “Cellesche Zeitung”.
The exact course of the crime is still unclear, a spokeswoman said. The police asked the witnesses to come forward. Investigators mostly expect photos of tourists that may have happened by chance at the scene of the event in the old town.
According to prior knowledge of the police, the two armed men entered the jewelry store in a pedestrian zone on Monday afternoon – apparently with the aim of robbing it. At that time, only the owner couple, aged 71 and 72, was in the business premises.
Then what was happening in the long-established business seemingly got out of hand. Several shots were fired.
The identities of the alleged thieves have not yet been clarified
The details of the events and the identities of the alleged robbers have yet to be clarified, police said. A police spokeswoman at the crime scene declined to elaborate for tactical reasons.
A larger area of the pedestrian zone was cordoned off with a tape recorder, and police officers were on duty inside the jewelry store. From the outside there was nothing to indicate the attack. The windows of the store, which also sells expensive china, were not damaged by the shooting.
Time and again, jewelers in Germany are targeted for armed robberies, some of whom were injured or lost their lives. It is not uncommon for homeowners to have a weapon to protect themselves.
In 2014 in Moers, Bas-Rhin, a jeweler, surprised by two masked men, shot at intruders, one of whom died from his wounds. In another raid in Siegen in 2004, it was the owner’s wife who picked up the gun after a fight between a thief and her husband. The criminal was shot.
