Hostage robbery at a bank in the German city of Sinzig

El Periódico

And holdup still banco con hostages in Sinzig (western Germany) has forced a strong police deployment in the center of the town, media outlets such as the newspaper Bild and the news portal T-Online reported. According to a statement from the Police, “there are currently numerous officers deployed in the Sinzig area.”

Around 7:00 GMT, police special forces operatives were heading towards the city center, accompanied by a helicopter, after a man threatened a bank worker. It is unknown if the robbery and kidnapping was carried out by one or several people, and in front of the bank branch there is an armored van for transporting money.

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