A burglar is said to have attacked, robbed and tied up an 88-year-old woman in her house.
As the police announced on Thursday, the stranger knocked and rang the doorbell on Wednesday evening at the door of the elderly woman, who ignored it.
According to previous knowledge, the perpetrator then forcibly gained access to the house in Neustadt am Rübenberge by breaking the window on the patio door.
Neustadt am Rübenberge - Under threat of violence, he asked the woman to give him her valuables and fled, it said.
The slightly injured elderly woman was able to free herself from her shackles, according to the police.
Neighbors dialed the emergency number.
dpa