German agent seriously injured after Dutch explosion

The blast happened last night at a bank in Melle, Germany, about 100 kilometers east of Enschede. After the ATM machine exploded, the perpetrators fled in a black Audi RS3 to the Netherlands.

Flat tires

Officers spotted the fleeing explosive squatters near Vörden and began the pursuit. It ended about an hour after the explosion near Wettrup, just across the border near Emmen.

There, the officers had placed a sharp object in the road with which the tires of the getaway car were punctured.

Dogs, drones and a helicopter

When the tires were flat, the three occupants ran out of the car. Two of them were immediately arrested. According to the German police, they are two Dutch men aged 18 and 20. The third occupant, a 23-year-old Dutchman, managed to escape.

Police used dogs, drones and a helicopter for the search and managed to find the man after a few hours. He walked alone in a meadow and, when officers approached him, he fled. The police managed to handcuff him.

Laser pointers

To escape the police, the men run at high speed on German roads. They also pointed laser pointers at the police to blind the officers.

One of the police cars had an accident during the chase. An officer in this car was seriously injured, another slightly injured. A third officer was injured while subduing the fleeing perpetrators.

The images below from German local media show how two police cars were damaged.

dutch gangs

Germany has been plagued with numerous ATM explosions in recent years. Many of these explosive raids are the work of Dutch gangs. According to the police, there is a group of about five hundred men from Amsterdam and Utrecht behind, who continue to beat. They would have fled to Germany because Dutch ATMs are better protected.

Just last week, German police arrested four Dutch youths at the border who were covered in paint after an explosion.