Essen · NW
Scooter owner threatened with knife in Essen
Police are using a photograph to seek one of two men suspected of stealing a motor scooter in Essen on 15 June 2026. Its 31-year-old owner noticed the theft on Rotthauser Straße at about 8:30 p.m. and called police. While waiting for officers, he saw the men ride past on his scooter, pursued them on a witness’s scooter and caught up with them; those involved then fell. The driver fled towards Achternbergstraße. The passenger allegedly threatened the owner with a knife before also fleeing on foot. The owner recovered his scooter; the two men were described as approximately 18 to 20 years old.
Source: essen.polizei.nrw
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- Incident date
- Confirmed fatalities
- Not separately confirmed
- LocationView on map
- Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Category
- Knife threats
- Injury information
- Not stated
- Confirmed injured persons
- Not separately confirmed
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