Chase in Lengnau BE
Kiosk robber had an accident while escaping
In Thun they robbed a kiosk, in Lengnau they were finally caught by the police. For two robbers, the chase ended in an accident.
During the operation, a police officer and the two suspected robbers were injured.
In Thun BE, two suspected perpetrators broke into a kiosk in the early hours of Friday morning. They then fled in a car and had an accident in Lengnau BE after a chase.
Shortly before 2 a.m., the burglary on Buchholzstrasse in Thun was reported to the cantonal police, who went out with several patrols. In the search for the perpetrators, the police wanted to stop a suspicious car with a hand signal, but it fled, as the Bern canton police announced on Friday.
Another patrol located the car in Büren an der Aare in Seeland and pursued it with the warning devices switched on. The suspected car fled at high speed in the direction of Biel. In Lengnau on Solothurnstrasse, the alleged robbers wanted to turn into a side street, but crashed into a wall and crashed into a patrol vehicle. The getaway vehicle came to a stop on the roof.
The occupants, a 33-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man, suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital. A police officer also had to be taken to the medical check-up with minor injuries. Police found various items in the car. (SDA/bab)