Policeman and Bankrobber were killed in a bank attack in Hamburg: Yesterday, both a policeman and the bankrobber were killed in a bankrobbery in Hamburg; another policeman and a hostage were injured. In the afternoon, the 28 year old student Huberto Emilio Martin Gonzales (Gonzales) from Columbia hid himself together with seven hostages in the bank. After having heard the alarm signal by an employee of the bank, a policeman together with a colleague assaulted the bank and was killed by the robber. Immediately, thereafter, an operation was started and the demand for a car, driven by a policeman in bathing shorts, was fulfilled. After three of the hostages were already staying in the car, the bankrobber holding a knife to a hostage's throat, came out. At once, two policeman ready for action bounded from their hiding-place and the committer was killed by a shot in the head from near distance. The hostage got an abdominal gunshot wound, is , however, out of danger. Photo shows Huberto Gonzales (Gonzales) leaving the bank and pushing the hostage. On the right (hardly visible) one of the policemen ready for action who killed the committer. In front the driver of the car in his bathing shorts.
Photo measures 8.75 x 6.5 inches.
Photo is dated 04-04-1974.
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