Bank stand-off in Germany ends with employee freed, suspect detained

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2025-01-07

Frankfurt (dpa) - A stand-off in a German bank has ended peacefully after a man who held a 21-year-old employee against her will for three hours was detained by police. The incident in the small western town of Rimbach on Tuesday saw a 36-year-old man threaten the worker with a tool after forcing his way into the bank at around 8 am (0700 GMT), police in the central state of Hesse said. Officers were eventually able to arrest the man without res......

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