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Gas station robbery in Mülheim: Police hunt masked perpetrator!
On October 25, 2025, a masked man attacked the Aral gas station in Mülheim. The police are looking for clues.
Gas station robbery in Mülheim: Police hunt masked perpetrator!
In the morning of October 25, 2025, the peace in Mülheim was disturbed. At around 5:30 a.m. there was a brazen robbery at the Aral gas station on Düsseldorfer Strasse. The perpetrator, a man between the ages of 26 and 27 with dark skin, entered the gas station and pulled out a knife to get his way. With this weapon in his hand, he forced an employee to hand over cash and cigarettes. His face was covered with a scarf and a cloth to conceal his identity, reports said Radio Cologne.
After the crime, the perpetrator fled on foot with a white bag in his hand. Police responded immediately and even used a helicopter to locate the suspect. Unfortunately, the search has so far been unsuccessful.
Robberies at gas stations are trending
The incident in Mülheim is not the only attack of this kind. There have been worrying developments in recent years. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office, robberies at gas stations in Germany will increase from 2014 to 2024. Comprehensive statistics on robberies recorded by the police show that crime is increasing in this area. The figures for this were recently published Statista published.
Previous robberies had a similar pattern; There was an incident in Mühlhausen on Thursday evening in Bavaria, where two teenagers threatened a cashier with a weapon-like object and stole a mid-four-figure amount. In this case, the cashier was not injured, but the situation was extremely threatening for her. Here too, a comprehensive search led to an arrest: after hours of investigation, two suspects aged 16 and 17 were arrested in their apartment. The Nuremberg-Fürth district court then issued arrest warrants against the two minors. This information comes from BR.
The increasing number of robberies at gas stations clearly shows that not only the security service in the shops, but also the police are called upon to improve the security situation. The citizens of Cologne and beyond hope that the crimes will be solved quickly and that there will be a better feeling of security in their neighborhoods.