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Police chase down masked marauders on A3 motorway

A frantic call to police reporting a car with a pair of masked bandits caused a scare on the A3 motorway, but they turned out to be a couple who had caught a cold, Erlangen police reported on Monday.

Published: 19 January 2009 14:21 CET
Police chase down masked marauders on A3 motorway
Photo: DPA

A motorist alerted police after encountering the masked pair in a beige Mercedes on Friday afternoon. The passenger was apparently wearing a wig.

Police found the car from North Rhine-Westphalia near Nuremberg and discovered that the couple, both 40-years-old, were on their way to a ski resort for a vacation. Because they’d both caught a cold, they decided to bundle up in ski masks for the ride.

Police also determined that there were no wigs involved. “The woman’s hair was definitely real,” a police statement said.

The officers wished the masked-marauders a quick recovery and a nice holiday, the statement added.

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Two Ukrainians killed outside shopping centre in Bavaria

Two men were killed in front of a shopping centre in Murnau, a town in the Bavarian district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, on Saturday.

Published: 28 April 2024 10:33 CEST
Two Ukrainians killed outside shopping centre in Bavaria

A 36-year-old man died from his injuries at the scene, while a 23-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where he later died, police said on Saturday evening.

Both of the victims were Ukrainian citizens who lived in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district, police said.

The same evening, police arrested a 57-year-old suspect – said to be a Russian national – who lives near the crime scene.

The 57-year-old is now being investigated on suspicion of murder.

“The exact course of events, background and motive are now the subject of the criminal investigation,” the police said.

The public prosecutor’s office has applied for a warrant for the suspect’s arrest.

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