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Police storm Duisburg bank, as robbers steal huge pile of cash

Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:42:56 +0100

A tense police operation lasting three hours ended on Thursday when officers stormed a bank and found a clerk bound inside. But there was no sign of the thieves.

Libya to free German aid workers held by coastguard

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:51:33 +0200

Libya said on Sunday it was to release two German members of a group that aids illegal migrants who were detained by coastguards after their boat entered its territorial waters.

Freed hostages back at German embassy

Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:12:00 +0200

Two Germans kidnapped by Islamic militants in the Philippines are safely back at their Manila embassy, officials said on Saturday after a harrowing six-month ordeal in which they endured threats of beheading and seemingly routine cruelty.

German hostages freed in Philippines

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:44:00 +0200

The head of the Filipino armed forces confirmed on Friday the release of two German hostages, abducted by Islamic fundamentalists in April.

Police arrest man after fast-food stand-off

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:21:00 +0200

UPDATE: A man threatened to set fire to a fast-food outlet in southern Germany on Thursday night with 12 people inside. The 14-hour stand-off ended on Friday morning when armed police stormed the restaurant.

Police end kindergarten hostage situation

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:52:00 +0200

Police in Cologne ended a 10-hour hostage situation on Friday by shooting the suspect in the shoulder. The man entered a kindergarten and trapped the director.

Columbian rebels free two Germans

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:33:00 +0100

Colombian rebels on Friday freed two Germans they had taken hostage in November, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

Colombian rebels claim to have German hostages

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:39:00 +0100

Leftist Colombian rebels said Monday they are holding two German hostages, seized weeks ago, whom they believe to be spies.

Yemenis demand $2 mln for German hostages

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:08:00 +0100

Yemeni hostage-takers holding a family of five Germans and a Briton since June are demanding a ransom of $2 million for their release, news magazine Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday.

Kidnapped German family may still be alive in Yemen

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:48:00 +0100

There have been signs of life from a German family of five who were kidnapped in Yemen this summer, daily Bild reported on Wednesday.

Terrorists free elderly hostage after 3 months

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:26:00 +0200

A 77-year-old German tourist has been released by terrorists in Mali after spending almost three months as their captive, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday evening.

Freed hostages still in Yemen

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:50:00 +0100

A German woman and her parents, freed by kidnappers in Yemen on Friday after a five-day ordeal, are still in the country, a source close to the German embassy said, contradicting an earlier report they had already left for home.

German hostages freed by Yemeni tribesmen

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:47:00 +0100

Three German hostages being held by Yemeni tribesmen were freed early on Friday after a five-day ordeal, a tribal source said.

Yemeni forces surround town where German hostages held

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:19:00 +0100

Yemeni security forces laid siege on Tuesday to a remote mountain town where tribesmen were holding hostage a German couple and their daughter, a security official said.

Germans freed after Somali kidnap ordeal

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:49:00 +0200

Two Germans kidnapped from their yacht at the end of June by pirates off Somalia's northern Puntland region have been freed, officials said Saturday.

German climbers freed by Kurdish rebels arrive home

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:00:00 +0200

Three German mountaineers, held hostage by separatist Kurdish rebels in Turkey for almost two weeks, arrived home in Germany late on Monday.

Kurdish rebels say they can hit German targets

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:12:00 +0200

The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which last week kidnapped three Germans in Turkey, said Sunday it was "strong enough" to hit German economic targets, an agency close to the group reported.

Kurdish rebels set conditions for German hostages’ release

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:58:00 +0200

Kurdish rebels confirmed they had kidnapped three Germans on a climbing trip in eastern Turkey, the pro-Kurdish Firat news agency reported Thursday. They called on Germany to end its "hostile policies" against the Kurdish people.

Report: Libya training was payback to Qaddafi

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:38:00 +0200

According to a newspaper report, the alleged secret training of Libyan security forces by German police could have been in return for Tripoli's help in a Philippine hostage crisis.