shock in Cologne-Merheim: robbery on a restaurant with a knife

<p> <strong> shock in Cologne-Merheim: robbery on a restaurant with a knife </strong> </p>

restaurant owner threatened and robbed

Cologne- on Sunday evening, May 4, 2025, a restaurant in Cologne-Merheim was the scene of a heavy robbery when a 25-year-old man threatened the host with a knife. The incident occurred around 10:40 p.m. in a restaurant on Olpener Strasse.

The suspect, heavily alcoholic, entered the restaurant together with another homeless. While his companion asked for bread and received it, the 25-year-old demanded meat from the 68-year-old host. When the request refused, the situation quickly escalated and led to an assault. The attacker tried to snatch the pocket of the landlord with the wallet, which failed due to the resistance of the restaurateur.

In a attack of aggression, the perpetrator took a knife from the cutlery display and thus led to a threat in the direction of the host. This threatening gesture was the prelude to a robbery that finally ended with the stem of a music box. When the former employee of the restaurant, 55 years old, tried to threw the theft, he was hit in the face by the fleeing.

The alarmed police arrived just a few minutes after the incident and was able to arrest the 25-year-old near the crime scene. A breath alcohol test resulted in a value of about two per thousand. In addition, a blood sample was taken at the order of the public prosecutor to check the suspicion of drug use. The stolen music box was found in the immediate vicinity and returned to the host.

The responsible criminal commissioner 14 of the Cologne police took over the investigation. The man now faces the indictment of heavy robbery and is to be brought before a judge on May 5. Such incidents also highlight the challenges of restaurants, who often have to act in dangerous situations.