Brutal robbery on money transporter escalated: perpetrators shot at messenger - police explain the whole truth

Another money transporter was attacked in Berlin, but this time the messenger defended himself.

While a perpetrator was arrested injured, the police caught his colleague that evening.

Update from May 27, 2021:

They wanted to brutally attack the security guard of a money transporter, but the young men did not expect to resist the robbery on Wednesday. As the police had explained on Wednesday, the two perpetrators are said to have initially attacked the money messenger with irritant gas. He then pulled his gun and seriously injured one of the two men. As

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now reports, citing a police spokesman, the gunman's shot is said to have been preceded by an exchange of fire on the part of the perpetrators.

Accordingly, one of the two perpetrators fired two shots at the security guard, but missed him.

As a result, the messenger is said to have pulled his weapon himself and hit one of the perpetrators seriously.

The seriously injured perpetrator is said to be an 18-year-old man, the bullet from the money messenger hit him in the leg.

As the newspaper further reports, the second alleged perpetrator is said to have been tracked down and arrested that evening.

As the newspaper reports, citing a police spokesman, the 18-year-old perpetrator is said to have had an operation on Wednesday.

However, the young man is not in mortal danger.

The ambushed money messenger was also taken to a clinic after the robbery, he is in shock.

Robbery on money transporter in Berlin escalates: Bote defends himself - and shoots at perpetrators

Original report from May 26, 2021:

Berlin - Again a robbery was carried out on a money messenger in Berlin, a perpetrator was shot and seriously injured.

A second perpetrator escaped from the scene, but without prey.

The police are now looking for him.

Robbery in Berlin: money messenger defends himself - an injured perpetrator arrested

As a police spokesman explains, the robbery occurred on Wednesday morning in a bank in Berlin-Neukölln.

Around 10.30 a.m., the two men are said to have attacked the money messenger in the anteroom of the bank in the Gropius Passagen on Johannisthaler Chaussee in the south of Neukölln.

The two perpetrators initially sprayed the money messenger with irritant gas.

Despite the attack, the man is said to have defended himself, the messenger drew his pistol and shot one of the perpetrators.

Robbery in Berlin: Second perpetrator can escape - the police are now looking for photos or videos

While one of the two perpetrators remained shot, the second man fled.

So far, however, it is unclear whether he escaped with a car or whether there were possibly other perpetrators.

The police further explained that the injured perpetrator was arrested and immediately taken to a hospital.

The money messenger was also taken to a clinic after the irritant gas attack.

The criminal police cordoned off the area and interviewed witnesses.

She also looked for photos or videos of the robbery that might have been taken by observers.

It was not until February 2021 that a money transporter was robbed in Berlin.

A video had shown at the time that the perpetrators had dressed up.