Armed robbery in Wrist: Police are urgently looking for witnesses!

Armed robbery in Wrist: Police are urgently looking for witnesses!

in Wrist, a place in the Steinburg district, occurred on April 15, 2025 at 2:15 p.m. Two perpetrators, an 18-year-old from Hamburg and a 21-year-old from Bad Bramstedt, threatened two young people aged 14 and 15 from Pinneberg and Rellingen with a weapon and demanded their cell phones. The incident took place in the waiting house of the train station.

After the attack, the perpetrators fled to an adjacent property with a stolen cell phone. The two victims and witnesses persecuted the fleeing perpetrators, who were finally placed by the Kellinghusen police on Stellauer Strasse. After their arrest, the men in Itzehoe were taken into police custody.

legal consequences and investigations

Due to the severity of the crime and the risk of escape, the public prosecutor issued arrest warrants against the two men. The 18-year-old was brought to the Schleswig youth center and the 21-year-old to the Itzehoe correctional facility. The investigation is carried out by the public prosecutor and the Itzehoe criminal police, with witnesses to the incident.

The topic of armed robberies, as well as another incident in Bremen Mitte, is not atypical. On January 4, 2025, a 41-year-old man tried to carry out an armed robbery in a fast food restaurant, using a broken glass bottle as a weapon. However, the employees were able to drive him away so that no prey was made. Investigations for robbery, and the perpetrator was later provided by the federal police at the train station.

Both incidents illustrate the spread of predatory -like crimes and the resulting legal consequences for the perpetrators, as well as the rights of the victims, which are extensively protected in both cases.