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On Thursday afternoon, another money transport was attacked in Berlin. According to police, up to three men are said to ambush two money messengers at the Treptower Park Center around 4 p.m. Irritating gas was used, police said. As a result, one of the messengers was slightly injured. The BZ had previously reported. A suitcase of money was probably stolen, as the police say. How much money was involved is initially unknown
The perpetrators are on the run, the police are on duty with large numbers in the vicinity of Treptower Park. At Park Center Treptow, in the southeast of the city, 250 people were deployed overnight, including SEK forces and officers from GSG 9, a special unit of the Federal Police.
Based on initial findings, the perpetrators are said to have targeted money messengers at the mall. They then fled on foot, but it is not yet clear whether they then took a car to flee. Police combed the entire mall looking for the perpetrators with special forces until late at night, but did not find them there. The chase continues and a helicopter is also in action.
Police have not yet been able to name details of the course of events, possible injuries and those responsible. Police have not yet been able to say whether the perpetrators were armed. The mall is cordoned off. “Numerous witnesses” are now being questioned one by one in a cafe across the street. There are thermal buses for those who wait.
Due to the police operation and the ongoing chase, there are massive disruptions around the mall in the afternoon rush hour. The crime scene was extensively cordoned off.
Cash carrier attacked at Ikea
It is the second raid in two days. It was only on Tuesday that three thieves attacked a money transporter at the Ikea furniture store in Berlin-Schöneberg. The masked men had ambushed a courier who had just left the furniture store through the back entrance and threatened him with firearms.
The unknown persons stole a suitcase of money and escaped in a white Audi with stolen license plates, allegedly on the city highway. The perpetrators continue to flee.
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In recent months, banks and money carriers in Berlin had been repeatedly attacked. In June, thieves stole a suitcase containing half a million euros from a money courier in Wilmersdorf. In early August, the perpetrators slammed into a window grill in the backyard of the same bank to enter.
A security guard was injured in a shooting. The perpetrators escaped with an escape vehicle on the A100. In all cases, investigators check for connections to criminal members of Arab clans, as in other robberies. (with dpa)
