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Cologne / Frankfurt am Main (dpa) - The police in the Netherlands have executed an arrest warrant against a 60-year-old German who is said to have been involved in three robberies on money transporters in Cologne and Frankfurt am Main.
The public prosecutor in Cologne announced on Tuesday that the man was accused of serious joint robbery in three cases and of a violation of the War Weapons Control Act.
In which city in the Netherlands the police arrested the 60-year-old on Tuesday morning, she did not initially say.
The attacks were carried out in March 2018 and March 2019 in Cologne and November 2019 in Frankfurt am Main.
In the attack at the airport in Cologne-Bonn in 2019, the 60-year-old used a machine gun.
In the raids in Cologne-Bonn and Frankfurt, one money messenger was seriously injured by gunfire, according to the report.
In all three cases, the perpetrators fled with cars stolen in the Netherlands and false license plates, the public prosecutor said.
The cars were set on fire not far from the crime scene and the escape was continued with a second vehicle that was waiting.
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Assumptions that members of the former Red Army faction could have been involved in the acts were not confirmed in the investigation, according to the report.
The Cologne public prosecutor's office issued a European arrest warrant against the 60-year-old German.
The extradition of the man to Germany has already been requested.
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210223-99-553013 / 3
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