Police arrest blackmail gangs for shots on Berlin markets!

Police arrest blackmail gangs for shots on Berlin markets!

Last week, the police in Duisburg arrested a group of four men who are suspected of blackmailing Turkish business people in Berlin. The arrests took place on Wednesday evening in a holiday apartment, with men aged 20, 21 and 34. There is already an arrest warrant against three of them. These arrests are part of a comprehensive determination of the Berlin public prosecutor because of attempted severe extortion, such as t-online.de reports.

The investigators have found that the suspects Turkish traders in Berlin asked for high amounts of money in Berlin and have given serious threats to the victims and their relatives. In this context, there were also several shots on Eurogida markets in Berlin on March 3. Fortunately, no injuries were reported in the incidents that occurred on Breiten Strasse in Spandau and a branch in the Bundesallee in Wilmersdorf

connection to other acts of violence

Investigations also indicate a connection with a further incident on March 30th. In this, a 36-year-old man in Berlin-Hakenfelde was injured at a shootout. In this case, there are already three suspected members of the group, aged 27, 30 and 35 years, in custody. In addition to the arrests, the police officers in Duisburg were also able to ensure alleged agents and a low four-digit cash amount, according to [wdr] (https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/ruhr area/duisburg-beriner-erpressung-fressung-sek-100.html).

The investigation by the public prosecutor's office in Berlin continues to run in full swing, and the police have so far found no evidence that those arrested were also active in North Rhine-Westphalia. While the blackmailers threatened their victims with firearms, the investigators managed to defuse the dangerous situation and prevent possible further attacks.