North Rhine-Westphalia: supermarket robbery: police arrest suspected perpetrators

Hagen (dpa / lnw) - Three young men are in custody after a robbery at a supermarket in Hagen.

North Rhine-Westphalia: supermarket robbery: police arrest suspected perpetrators

Hagen (dpa / lnw) - Three young men are in custody after a robbery at a supermarket in Hagen. They are said to be responsible for several similar acts recently, the police said on Monday.

On Friday evening, shortly before closing time, two masked men threatened with a knife and demanded money in the market in the Boele district. They initially fled, but according to the police, a 23-year-old suspect was arrested shortly afterwards. On Saturday, investigators arrested the other two men, aged 20 and 23.

It was initially unclear whether one of the two was also involved in the robbery on Friday evening. According to the police, the three have long been suspected of having committed several robberies in the past few weeks.