Four arrests after shots fired outside Neunkirchen pub
In the evening, shots ring out in Neunkirchen in Saarland. A 53-year-old man is shot in the leg outside a pub. Four men flee the scene. Two suspects surrender to the police a short time later. The officers are soon able to apprehend the other two.
Four men have been arrested after shots were fired outside a pub in Neunkirchen, Saarland. A 53-year-old man was injured in the leg by two shots on Tuesday evening at around 8.30 p.m., a police spokesman said. The suspects fled the scene in a car after the incident, the spokesman said.
Two suspects subsequently handed themselves in to the police in Neunkirchen. Two other suspects were arrested at around 0.30 a.m. in a residential building at the owner's address. According to the "Saarbrücker Zeitung", this address is located in the neighboring town of Spiesen-Elversberg. The suspects are men aged 28, 34, 41 and 45 who are known to the police.
The victim was initially taken to hospital in Neunkirchen. According to a police spokesman, the man is to be transferred to the university hospital in Homburg this morning where he will be operated on. There is no danger to the 53-year-old's life.
As the police announced on Wednesday morning, the 34-year-old suspect is to be brought before a magistrate in the course of Wednesday. Two other suspects are to be released after police measures have been completed. There was another arrest warrant for the 45-year-old arrested man, which is not connected to the shooting on Tuesday and is now to be executed. He had not paid a fine and is to be put behind bars as a substitute. The two other suspects were initially released.
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The investigation into the shooting incident is now being handled by the international police due to potential connections to organized crime. The type of weapons used in the shooting is currently under examination by forensic experts.
Source: www.ntv.de
