Hostages taken by bank robber

NEUENSTEIN, Germany - Police prepared a getaway car and were bringing money to a bank in southwestern Germany yesterday where…

NEUENSTEIN, Germany - Police prepared a getaway car and were bringing money to a bank in southwestern Germany yesterday where an unidentified man was holding six people hostage. The man, who took the six captive late yesterday afternoon, had threatened to shoot them unless he received DM5m (£2.04m) and a car.

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