The spectacular attack on an armored van, which injured two people on Friday morning in Germany, is it signed by thugs from Seine-Saint-Denis?
According to our information, this Friday evening, four people suspected of being part of this team were arrested in the Ile-de-France department by police officers from the National Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI).
Among these suspects, two would have participated directly in the robbery, we learned from a source close to the investigation.
The thugs, heavily armed, had intercepted the van, which was filled with money, in the German town of Sarrelouis, on the border with France, about sixty kilometers from Metz.
Dams in Moselle
The facts occurred around 8:30 a.m. in the Lisdorf district.
According to testimony collected by the German daily Bild, “a masked man had blocked the wheels of the van with wedges.
Another had targeted the driver's cabin with a Kalashnikov.
Gunshots and the sound of an explosion were also heard, Bild reports.
Exchanges of gunfire did take place, said the police spokesman.
The attack injured two people: one of the occupants of the van and a police officer.
The thugs had managed to flee towards France.
The Lorraine Republican said that a research plan had been put in place throughout the Moselle department.
Gendarme units have positioned themselves at strategic locations, in particular at crossing points between Sarre and Moselle.
Little information is filtering for the time being on the progress of the investigation.
