Crime

Police kill bank robber in getaway chase shoot-out

Police shot and killed a bank robber in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Ruppichteroth on Thursday night during a getaway chase that also left an officer critically injured.

Crime

Devil and angel rob shop owner in Cologne as Karneval begins

Two thieves dressed in angel and devil costumes robbed a shop owner in Cologne at knifepoint on Thursday.

Crime

Police arrest three men for blowing up ATMs

Three men have been arrested in Berlin on suspicion of blowing up several cash machines since February, German police reported on Tuesday.

Crime

Swede held for dramatic 1995 German bank robbery

A 32-year-old Swede has been arrested on suspicions of having participated in the spectacular 1995 robbery of a bank in Berlin.