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Attack on Aral in Gaustrasse: perpetrators identified

March 31, 2020

WORMS – The police caught the two men who robbed the Aral petrol station on Gaustrasse four weeks ago. A 23 year old The Eastern Herald is in custody. His 17-year-old accomplice is still at large, which also has to do with the fact that he is still subject to juvenile justice if convicted. This is not the first time that both men have dealt with the police. They had been known for other crimes before the attack.

Thanks to the advice of a witness and the video surveillance recordings, the investigators had quickly found the two young men: Already on March 12, around three weeks ago, the investigators arrested the 23-year-old. When the officers ransacked his home, they found it. They discovered the knife from the worm that had been used in the attack. They also found the clothes that matched the description of one of the two robbers. After the investigators had determined the identity of one of the perpetrators, they also tracked down his accomplice.

During the raid in the early evening of March 2, the perpetrators threatened the 24-year-old cashier with a knife. They demanded that the petrol station employee pull the money out of the cash register. With less than 1000 euros, two packets of cigarettes and a bottle of vodka, the masked men fled towards the city center on foot. “The police in Worms initiated intensive investigative and search measures on the same day,” the police said after the successful search.

Hints

Anyone who can provide information about the raids can be contacted by the police in Worms on 06241-8520.

Qamar Munawer

Qamar Munawer

Ar. Qamar Munawer is currently at Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg in Germany.

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