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Witness History: The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis

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The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis

20/08/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis

A bank robbery, a three-day car chase and a journalist who got too close to the story.

The story of a West German bank robbery, a three-day car chase and a journalist who got a little bit too close to the story.

An intriguing story from West Germany in August 1988, of a bank robbery, a three-day car chase that had the country holding its breath, and a journalist who got a little bit too close to the story. Tim Mansel has been hearing from one of the people at the centre of this crisis, journalist Udo Roebel.

Photo: Holding a weapon in his hand, kidnapper Hans-Jürgen Rösner calls on journalists and spectators to free the way in the city of Cologne, August 1988 (Press Association)

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