Robbeating raids at Wiener Platz: Police are looking for perpetrators!

Robbeating raids at Wiener Platz: Police are looking for perpetrators!

On Tuesday morning, a raid on Wiener Platz in Cologne-Mülheim on a 50-year-old woman. The police are now investigating two young people who have violently snatched a bag with valuables to the woman. The incident occurred around 11.30 a.m. when the woman returned from her bank. One perpetrator grabbed her on her arm, while the other stole the bag and fled over the weekly market. Witnesses are urgently asked to report information on 0221 229-0 or by email to poststelle.koeln@polizei.nrw.de href = "https://www.ksta.de/koeln/muelheim/muelheim-veedel/koelnerin-ueberfallen-fahndet-nach-raeubern-am-wienerplatz-1019197"> ksta.de reported.

The two suspects are described as teenagers, about 1.70 meters tall and with black hair. They wore dark T-shirts and jogging pants, which indicates a clear, youthful identity. These brutal raids throw a worrying light on safety in the Mülheim district and the current situation in public locations.

further attacks in Mülheim

In addition to this incident, another shocking act recently became known in which a young person was sexually pressed. The incident occurred on Saturday evening, April 26, when the teenager was followed by a man after getting out of a bus at Mülheim's train station. The perpetrator, who stared at her on the bus, pressed the young woman on Frankfurter Strasse. Fortunately, she was able to tear herself and ask a passer -by for help, who immediately alerted the police. The description of the perpetrator according to t-online.de comprises an age of about 23 to 25 years, an age from 1.80 to 1.90 meters and a trained stature.

The Cologne police are responsible for protecting citizens and takes measures to prevent such attacks. The crime statistics of 2024 show that the number of robberies in Cologne has decreased slightly overall, while there was an increase of 7.1 percent in street robbery. At the same time, the burglaries in the urban area rose by 24.7 percent, which continued to burden the security situation, as in other analyzes of is explained.