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Apr. 17 Bankrobbery in Cologne: On Monday, December 27th, three gangsters armed with machine-guns, stormed into a bank in Cologne. With their loot of 300.000 DM and two high-ranking police officers as hostages they took off towards the French boarder at the city of Saarbrucken. After they had let their hostages free in a forest, on the evening of the 27th, a man hunt for the robbers began. At the time, the chase is still on. The French police have been set in a state of emergency. Photo shows The head of the band, identified as Kurt Vicenik (44) of Vienna, with senior-police councellor Kraus. Another bank-robber, probably French, is seen stowing away the loot into the gateway car

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27th Bankrobbery Boarder Cologne Councellor Gangsters Gateway High-ranking Hostages Identified Kraus Loot Machine-guns Monday Robbers Saarbrucken Stormed Stowing

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