Tag: DRESDEN

Officials Hail ‘Christmas Miracle’ as Bulk of $120 Million Diamond Heist Recovered in Germany

Authorities in Germany announced over the weekend that a “significant” portion of expensive goods that were stolen during a break-in into Dresden’s Green Vault in 2019 has been recovered. In a Dec. 17 statement, the Dresden Public Prosecutor’s Office said 31 individual items, or pieces of items, were seized in Berlin Friday night by investigators….


Police in Germany’s Dresden Give All-Clear After Hostage-Taking

BERLIN—Police said they had ended a suspected hostage-taking in the eastern German city of Dresden on Saturday, after evacuating a shopping mall in the historic city center and shutting the famous Striezelmarkt Christmas market. “All-clear! The hostage situation in #Dresden is over!” police said on Twitter, adding that two people who appeared to be unharmed…


Syrian on Trial in Germany for Killing Man, Injuring Another

BERLIN—A Syrian man went on trial Monday accused of killing a German man and seriously injuring another in an attack last year that prosecutors said was motivated by Islamic extremist ideology. The trial of Abdullah A.H.H., whose full name wasn’t released due to German privacy laws, began in the eastern city of Dresden, where the…