Baltersweiler, Germany. During negotiations between the police and a group of criminals, that had been on the run, police superintendent Julius Gross suddenly shoots gang leader Kurt Vicenik. The gang had disappeared after a bank robbery in Cologne and re-emerged near Saarbrücken with a hostage. After a chase, the police caught up with the robbers at Baltersweiler.

Baltersweiler, Germany. During negotiations between the police and a group of criminals, that had been on the run, police superintendent Julius Gross suddenly shoots gang leader Kurt Vicenik. The gang had disappeared after a bank robbery in Cologne and re-emerged near Saarbrücken with a hostage. After a chase, the police caught up with the robbers at Baltersweiler.

Baltersweiler, Germany. During negotiations between the police and a group of criminals, that had been on the run, police superintendent Julius Gross suddenly shoots gang leader Kurt Vicenik. The gang had disappeared after a bank robbery in Cologne and re-emerged near Saarbrücken with a hostage. After a chase, the police caught up with the robbers at Baltersweiler.

Baltersweiler, Germany. During negotiations between the police and a group of criminals, that had been on the run, police superintendent Julius Gross suddenly shoots gang leader Kurt Vicenik. The gang had disappeared after a bank robbery in Cologne and re-emerged near Saarbrücken with a hostage. After a chase, the police caught up with the robbers at Baltersweiler.

Baltersweiler, Germany. During negotiations between the police and a group of criminals, that had been on the run, police superintendent Julius Gross suddenly shoots gang leader Kurt Vicenik. The gang had disappeared after a bank robbery in Cologne and re-emerged near Saarbrücken with a hostage. After a chase, the police caught up with the robbers at Baltersweiler.

Baltersweiler, Germany. During negotiations between the police and a group of criminals, that had been on the run, police superintendent Julius Gross suddenly shoots gang leader Kurt Vicenik. The gang had disappeared after a bank robbery in Cologne and re-emerged near Saarbrücken with a hostage. After a chase, the police caught up with the robbers at Baltersweiler.

Baltersweiler, Germany. During negotiations between the police and a group of criminals, that had been on the run, police superintendent Julius Gross suddenly shoots gang leader Kurt Vicenik. The gang had disappeared after a bank robbery in Cologne and re-emerged near Saarbrücken with a hostage. After a chase, the police caught up with the robbers at Baltersweiler.

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