A3: Children throw stones on the freeway - nine cars damaged
Created: 07/11/2022 17:17
Crime scene at the Köln-Ost motorway junction: three children threw stones at the A3 and damaged a total of nine vehicles.
Cologne – Youth does not protect against crime: After nine cars were damaged by alleged stones thrown onto the A3 federal autobahn, emergency services caught two young suspects (both 14) in the Merheimer Heide on Sunday afternoon (November 6) after a short escape.
A third suspected stone thrower (12) presented himself a short time later at the police station in Cologne-Kalk - accompanied by mom and dad, who probably didn't like the action.
Cologne: Children throw stones at the A3 - cracks in windshields, no injuries
What?
Three children threw stones at the A3 motorway at the Köln-Ost motorway junction.
After a short escape, two of the three perpetrators turned themselves in on the Merheimer Heide, and the third turned up shortly afterwards at the police station in Kalk.
Where?
Autobahn junction Köln-Ost (Köln-Kalk district), near the Merheimer Heide
When?
Sunday afternoon, November 5, around 4 p.m
According to the first witnesses, the young people are said to have thrown several unknown objects onto the road from the motorway bridge near Merheim around 4 p.m., causing paintwork damage and minor cracks in the windshields of a total of nine cars.
The drivers were not injured.
The 14-year-olds were handed over to their parents, reports 24RHEIN.
After throwing stones on the A3, three children confronted the police on November 6 (symbolic picture).
© Benjamin Nolte/dpa
After throwing stones on the A3: Is the teen trio still responsible for other acts?
Now it is being checked whether the trio is still responsible for other acts.
The three kids are not the only ones who have caused a stir with stone throwing in the recent past: It was not until the end of October that strangers in dark hoodies threw stones at the A3.
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