https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Police ended a hostage situation in Deggendorf near Passau in Bavaria on Friday afternoon, in which one hospital patient took another under his control with a knife. https://www.thelocal.de/20190118/police-break-up-hostage-situation-at-hospital-near-passau Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:25:41 +0100 police-break-up-hostage-situation-at-hospital-near-passau Germany’s federal prosecutor's office has found no evidence that an arson attack and hostage-taking at Cologne's Hauptbahnhof, or main station, in October was an Islamist extremist attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20181214/no-evidence-of-terrorist-motive-in-cologne-hostage-taker Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:00:45 +0100 no-evidence-of-terrorist-motive-in-cologne-hostage-taker A Syrian man who launched an arson attack and took a woman hostage at a German train station was an unemployed refugee with psychological problems and a history of street offences, police said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20181016/syrian-in-germany-hostage-drama-had-mental-problems-police Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:46:08 +0200 syrian-in-germany-hostage-drama-had-mental-problems-police A man who hurled a burning molotov cocktail then took a woman hostage at a major German railway station Monday may have acted with a "terrorist" motive, police said https://www.thelocal.de/20181016/police-not-ruling-out Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:37:18 +0200 police-not-ruling-out German police said Monday that they had subdued and detained a man who took a woman hostage in a pharmacy in Cologne's central train station. https://www.thelocal.de/20181015/man-takes-woman-hostage-at-cologne Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:44:26 +0200 man-takes-woman-hostage-at-cologne A young man barricaded himself inside a youth welfare office on Monday morning after taking an employee hostage. Special forces ended the situation several hours later without anyone sustaining serious injury. https://www.thelocal.de/20171106/police-end-hostage-situation-in-bavaria-after-hours-long-stand-off Mon, 06 Nov 2017 17:34:15 +0100 police-end-hostage-situation-in-bavaria-after-hours-long-stand-off Dieter Degowski is to be released from jail almost three decades after he was found guilty of taking part in a hostage situation which was relayed live to the country over three days. https://www.thelocal.de/20171010/germanys-most-notorious-hostage-taker-to-be-released-after-30-years-behind-bars Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:09:12 +0200 germanys-most-notorious-hostage-taker-to-be-released-after-30-years-behind-bars The 19-year-old German man who took over a dozen people hostage in a cinema in western Germany on Thursday was carrying replica weapons, prosecutors have confirmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20160624/viernheim-hostage-taker-wasnt-carrying-lethal-weapon Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:55:35 +0200 viernheim-hostage-taker-wasnt-carrying-lethal-weapon A woman has died after being held against her will since March in a farmhouse in Lower Saxony and subjected to "brutal violence". https://www.thelocal.de/20160429/woman-dies-after-being-held-hostage-for-weeks-in-farmhouse Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:54:47 +0200 woman-dies-after-being-held-hostage-for-weeks-in-farmhouse One year ago on Wednesday, Los Angeles native Michael Scott Moore was set free after being held hostage by Somali pirates for 977 days. The German-American journalist tells The Local how after his release Berlin became his sanctuary to recover from the trauma of captivity. https://www.thelocal.de/20150923/after-977-days-hostage-berlin-became-safe-haven Wed, 23 Sep 2015 12:24:48 +0200 after-977-days-hostage-berlin-became-safe-haven Gunmen abducted a German female aid worker in Kabul in broad daylight on Monday, officials said, highlighting the growing risk to humanitarian workers in war-battered Afghanistan. https://www.thelocal.de/20150817/german-aid-worker-kidnapped-in-kabul-reports Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:47:07 +0200 german-aid-worker-kidnapped-in-kabul-reports An employee of the German International Development Agency (GIZ) has been released from captivity in northern Afghanistan after being taken prisoner by the Taliban six weeks ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20150529/taliban-release-german-hostage-in-afghanistan Fri, 29 May 2015 12:42:24 +0200 taliban-release-german-hostage-in-afghanistan Cameroon said on Wednesday its forces have freed a German hostage kidnapped six months ago in Nigeria by Boko Haram, as African leaders appealed to the United Nations for support in fighting the Islamist militants. https://www.thelocal.de/20150121/german-boko-haram-hostage-freed-in-cameroon Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:48:27 +0100 german-boko-haram-hostage-freed-in-cameroon A man who took four people hostage in a day-long standoff at Ingolstadt city hall was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141117/ingolstadt-hostage-taker-gets-eight-years Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:36:00 +0100 ingolstadt-hostage-taker-gets-eight-years UPDATE: A German national who was kidnapped by gunmen last Friday in southwest Nigeria has been released, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141030/kidnapped-german-freed-in-nigeria Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:56:00 +0100 kidnapped-german-freed-in-nigeria A German aid worker who was taken hostage by masked gunmen in Pakistan over two years ago was released in neighbouring Afghanistan this week, Berlin said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141011/german-aid-worker-freed-in-kabul-after-two-year-ordeal Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:08:00 +0200 german-aid-worker-freed-in-kabul-after-two-year-ordeal Islamist militants in the Philippines have reportedly threatened to kill one of their two German hostages over German support for the US-led campaign against jihadists in Iraq and Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20140924/islamists-threaten-to-behead-german-hostage Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:25:00 +0200 islamists-threaten-to-behead-german-hostage A 27-year-old German kidnapped in Syria by militants from the Islamic State (Isis) around a year ago has been released, according to newspaper Welt am Sonntag. https://www.thelocal.de/20140824/kidnapped-german-released-by-isis-in-syria Sun, 24 Aug 2014 17:44:00 +0200 kidnapped-german-released-by-isis-in-syria Yemeni tribesmen have freed a German in his 60s whom they kidnapped in the capital in late January and who reportedly needs urgent medical treatment, state media said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140514/yemen-tribesmen-free-german-hostage Wed, 14 May 2014 10:43:00 +0200 yemen-tribesmen-free-german-hostage A German couple who disappeared while on a sailing trip in the Philippines could have been kidnapped by a Muslim extremist group with ties to Al-Qaeda. https://www.thelocal.de/20140506/german-sailors-missing-in-suspected-kidnapping-philippines Tue, 06 May 2014 18:04:00 +0200 german-sailors-missing-in-suspected-kidnapping-philippines