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 in North Rhine-Westphalia are on the hunt for three masked attackers who robbed an armoured vehicle at the Cologne-Bonn Airport. A security guard was seriously injured in the incident. https://www.thelocal.de/20190306/police-begin-manhunt-after-cologne-bonn-airport-robbery Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:17:47 +0100 police-begin-manhunt-after-cologne-bonn-airport-robbery More than 40,000 households in the southwest of the German capital lost internet and TV services after cable lines were damaged on Sunday. Police are investigating whether the outage is connected to a bank robbery attempt. https://www.thelocal.de/20180219/40000-berlin-homes-hours-long-without-internet-after-attempted-bank-robbery Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:05:23 +0100 40000-berlin-homes-hours-long-without-internet-after-attempted-bank-robbery Police in Hanover are appealing for witnesses after an unknown man held up a gas station - with what appeared to be a samurai sword. https://www.thelocal.de/20170126/samurai-sword-robbery-leads-to-police-manhunt Thu, 26 Jan 2017 16:24:08 +0100 samurai-sword-robbery-leads-to-police-manhunt A group of criminals failed to make off with any money in Berlin early on Tuesday morning, after blowing up a machine that only contains paper statements. https://www.thelocal.de/20161108/bank-robbery-fail-as-criminals-blow-up-wrong-machine Tue, 08 Nov 2016 15:33:47 +0100 bank-robbery-fail-as-criminals-blow-up-wrong-machine When three drunk and armed men went on a hold-up spree in northwestern Germany their demands became ever more absurd. https://www.thelocal.de/20160919/is-this-the-robbers-money-hold-up Mon, 19 Sep 2016 18:50:21 +0200 is-this-the-robbers-money-hold-up A Leipzig man who wrote crime novels - including one about a thwarted bank robbery - appeared in court on Wednesday, charged with bank robbery himself. https://www.thelocal.de/20160722/crime-writer-in-court-for-failed-robbery-just-like-in-his-book Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:57:25 +0200 crime-writer-in-court-for-failed-robbery-just-like-in-his-book In their struggle against capitalism they murdered high profile businessmen and politicians. Now three ex-terrorists have taken to robbing supermarkets - and rather successfully, too. https://www.thelocal.de/20160527/fugitive-ex-terrorists-commit-huge-crime-spree Fri, 27 May 2016 14:46:56 +0200 fugitive-ex-terrorists-commit-huge-crime-spree Pickpockets are an ever more common phenomenon in the German capital. But sometimes they can surprise you. https://www.thelocal.de/20160524/berlin-thief-shows-heart-in-surprising-act-of-kindness Tue, 24 May 2016 16:49:39 +0200 berlin-thief-shows-heart-in-surprising-act-of-kindness A 22-year-old woman from London has been arrested in Berlin after stealing designer goods from KaDeWe, Germany’s most famous luxury department store, local media report. https://www.thelocal.de/20160518/london-master-thief-hits-up-germanys-most-luxurious-mall Wed, 18 May 2016 17:37:28 +0200 london-master-thief-hits-up-germanys-most-luxurious-mall It was just before midnight and Gabriela S. was preparing to close up shop for the evening. But the Berlin currywurst seller had one more tricky customer to deal with first. https://www.thelocal.de/20160322/berlin-currywurst-seller-calms-thief-with-potato-salad Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:01:00 +0100 berlin-currywurst-seller-calms-thief-with-potato-salad Frankfurt police have captured a robber who threatened to detonate a bomb inside a bank in the German financial capital on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20160125/frankfurt-police-collar-robber-who-threatened-to-blow-up-bank Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:27:21 +0100 frankfurt-police-collar-robber-who-threatened-to-blow-up-bank Police have confirmed that DNA from three far-left terrorists who have been on the run for decades was found at the site of two robberies in 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20160119/evidence-at-crime-scene-point-to-terrorists-missing-for-20-years Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:56:35 +0100 evidence-at-crime-scene-point-to-terrorists-missing-for-20-years A young man from western Germany died in tragic circumstances on Christmas Eve after blowing up a condom machine with a homemade bomb. https://www.thelocal.de/20151228/man-dies-after-blowing-up-condom-machine Mon, 28 Dec 2015 11:53:31 +0100 man-dies-after-blowing-up-condom-machine When two robbers in Duisburg attacked a young woman late at night they probably thought they’d found an easy victim. But things turned out very differently to how they planned. https://www.thelocal.de/20151221/german-woman-sends-thieves-packing-with-one-punch Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:24:33 +0100 german-woman-sends-thieves-packing-with-one-punch Police are searching for men who witnesses say used an antitank rocket launcher to threaten and rob a truck transporting money in Dortmund on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151214/thieves-use-rocket-launcher-to-rob-money-truck Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:22:58 +0100 thieves-use-rocket-launcher-to-rob-money-truck Criminals used so much explosive while trying to rob a bank near Berlin on Wednesday night that they blasted a wall and part of the roof off the building - and may not even have got away with any loot. https://www.thelocal.de/20151126/crooks-blow-roof-off-bank-in-midnight-raid Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:00:40 +0100 crooks-blow-roof-off-bank-in-midnight-raid When would-be bank robbers tried to loot a cash machine in Thuringia on Sunday morning, they decided the simplest option was to smash their way in with a digger. But the operation didn't go entirely smoothly. https://www.thelocal.de/20151123/digger-driving-crooks-fail-in-absurd-bank-robbery Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:20:12 +0100 digger-driving-crooks-fail-in-absurd-bank-robbery Criminals are blowing up bank machines in western Germany, causing millions of euros of damage – and making the police look ridiculous in the process. https://www.thelocal.de/20151111/wave-of-bank-bombings-hits-west-germany Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:36:25 +0100 wave-of-bank-bombings-hits-west-germany One of the most notorious criminals in Germany post-war history felt his first taste of freedom last week after 27 years in jail. During a wild three-day crime spree in 1988 his infamy spread across the nation. https://www.thelocal.de/20151029/bank-robbers-chase-fugitives-cops-hostages Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:15:43 +0100 bank-robbers-chase-fugitives-cops-hostages It's a trick every identical twin knows - pass the blame on to your doppelgänger. And for a convicted burglar in Düsseldorf it might just free him from a lengthy jail sentence. https://www.thelocal.de/20151027/identical-twins-baffle-dsseldorf-court Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:50:07 +0100 identical-twins-baffle-dsseldorf-court