Petrol station robbers fail in Bielefeld - police asks for witnesses!

Petrol station robbers fail in Bielefeld - police asks for witnesses!

In the night of Tuesday, March 5, 2025, an attack occurred to a petrol station on Oldentruper Straße in Bielefeld. An unknown perpetrator called for cash by an employee using a knife around 04:00 a.m. This explained to the perpetrator that she could not open the cash register without any further notice. Then the perpetrator broke off his raid and fled without prey.

The escape guide could be described as follows: he was between 30 and 40 years old, about 1.85 meters tall and slim. During his escape he wore a black baseball cap, a black jacket with a hood, black pants and black shoes. In addition, his face was covered with a black hose scarf. The police are now looking for witnesses and asks for clues to the crime commissioner 13 on 0521/545-0.

similar incidents in the region

This attack is not the first incident in the region in the region. An attack on a petrol station on Bahnhofstrasse in Steinhagen took place on Friday evening, December 30, 2022, where the perpetrator escaped with prey. Another attack occurred on Friday, January 6, 2023, when a perpetrator threatened a gas station at Carl-Severing-Straße in Bielefeld with a firearm and robbed money as well as e-cigarettes liquid and cigarette poles. In addition, on Friday evening, January 13, 2023, an attempted attack failed on a petrol station on Gütersloher Straße. The police assume that in these cases it is the same suspect and publishes photographs of the perpetrator from surveillance cameras.

The current investigations are asked to provide witnesses that can be submitted to the crime commissioner 15 on 0521/545-0. Further information on the investigation into the petrol station robbery in Bielefeld can be found in the reports of Radio Bielefeld Westfalen-blatt .