After a police operation due to a disturbance of the peace: the man admits the robbery at a gas station

Created: 04/29/2022, 17:00

By: Alexander Gottschalk

After a gas station robbery in Kassel, the perpetrator fled.

A few hours later, the police arrested a 35-year-old - but only because he admitted to the crime.

Update from Friday, April 29, 12:23 p.m .:

After the armed gas station raid in Niederzwehren on Friday night (April 29), the police arrested a 35-year-old suspect.

Officials could have arrested the man on Friday morning, said the police headquarters in North Hesse.

The curious thing about the arrest: The perpetrator turned himself in to the authorities and admitted the robbery when the police had been called to his apartment for a completely different crime, as reported by hna.de.

Attack on a gas station: robbers from Niederzwehren suddenly admit to the police

A resident of Niederzwehren contacted the police at around 5 a.m., around an hour and a half after the gas station robbery.

According to the authorities, the reason was a loud argument in the neighboring house.

When law enforcement officers arrived on site, the woman who lived there and her 35-year-old boyfriend said they only had a verbal fight.

Suddenly, the man revealed remorsefully that he had committed the gas station robbery on Frankfurter Strasse, in which cash had been stolen.

According to the police, he even handed over the clothes worn in the act and the knife with which he threatened an employee to the emergency services.

After his confession, the patrol brought the man to the police station.

The perpetrator is currently in custody.

He is to be brought before a magistrate on Friday (April 29).

Man attacks gas station: "Intensive search" in Niederzwehren

First report from Friday, April 29:

Kassel - A man attacked a gas station in Kassel during the night of Friday (April 29).

As reported by the North Hessian police, the stranger was armed with a knife when he entered the sales room at around 3:46 a.m.

There he forced the employees to hand him cash and then fled on foot with his loot.

According to the police, there were "intensive search measures", but the investigators have not yet been able to apprehend the perpetrator.

The attacked gas station is on Frankfurter Strasse in the Niederzwehren district of Kassel.

In addition to the employees, there was also a customer in the sales room.

He became an eyewitness.

Gas station robbery in Kassel: the amount of the spoils made is still unclear

No one was hurt in the gas station robbery.

The police were initially unable to say how much money the criminal stole.

On Friday morning (April 29) she published a description of the alleged robber:

• The man is said to be about 1.80 meters tall and in his 30s.

• He is said to have worn a dark blue jacket with a hood and a white inscription on the left chest.

  In addition, dark pants and mid-blue shoes with white soles.

  He pulled the hood over a green-grey peaked cap.

• In addition, the suspect is said to have had a dark backpack with him.

In Kassel, an unknown man raided a gas station on Friday night (April 29).

After their unsuccessful search, the police are now hoping for information from the population.

(Iconic image) © Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/Archive

Anyone with information about the man or the gas station robbery is asked to contact the police in Kassel on 0561/910-0.

Alternatively, any other police station will also accept tips.

There is also a search for witnesses following a very similar case that occurred earlier this month.

At that time, two men attacked a gas station on Erzberger Strasse in Kassel with a gun.

(red/ag)