Gelsenkirchen · NW
Three young people threatened with a knife at Gelsenkirchen station
On 26 September 2026, five people allegedly crowded three young people on a platform at Gelsenkirchen’s main station and threatened them with a knife. The three reported that a silver wristwatch and €20 in cash had been taken; two of them were 18 and the third was a teenager. In surveillance footage, federal police saw a teenage member of the group take the watch from the other teenager’s wrist and put it on. Another action could not be seen because members of the group screened it from the camera. Officers located two members of the group, a teenager and an 18-year-old man, and provisionally detained them. Both are under investigation for extortion involving robbery.
Source: www.presseportal.de
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- Confirmed fatalities
- Not separately confirmed
- Category
- Robbery and extortion
- Injury information
- Not stated
- Confirmed injured persons
- Not separately confirmed
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