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Angela Merkel (archive photo): Identity card, driver's license and a money card should also be gone
Photo: Norbert Fellechner / BildFunkMV / IMAGO
According to the police, former Chancellor Angela Merkel was robbed in a grocery store in Berlin-Charlottenburg on Thursday afternoon.
At around 11.40 a.m. Merkel is said to have been shopping in a shop on Morsestrasse.
A thief managed to steal her wallet there – although she is said to have been under personal protection at the time.
The BILD first reported on the incident.
According to SPIEGEL information, Angela Merkel did not wear the purse on her body.
The police said the 67-year-old had personally reported the theft to Section 53. According to SPIEGEL information, her identity card, driver's license and a cash card were also stolen along with her wallet.
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