Four teenagers and young men between the ages of 16 and 19 were arrested in extensive search operations in and around Munich. They are suspected of being the alleged ringleaders of a youth group from Markt Schwaben that has committed a variety of crimes, police said on Friday. In cooperation between the Poing police station, the Erding criminal police and the Munich II public prosecutor’s office, a total of nine properties in the districts of Erding, Ebersberg, Kelheim, Unterallgäu and Munich were searched.
Four arrest warrants were executed on Friday and drugs, cash and blank guns as well as a prohibited knife were found. The reason for the investigation was an assault on four young people at the beginning of October. They were suddenly and brutally attacked by several young people at the train station in Markt Schwaben with punches and kicks and were seriously injured. The following investigations revealed strong suspicion against the four young men.