‘Merkel robbed of wallet in Berlin supermarket’ | Abroad

A pickpocket managed to get hold of the wallet of none other than Angela Merkel this week. The perpetrator struck his blow in a branch of supermarket Ullrich on Morsestraße in the center of the German capital.

Merkel with her bag and a shopping cart in the supermarket in the heart of Berlin.

Merkel with her bag and a shopping cart in the supermarket in the heart of Berlin.

The cut was in a bag that Merkel had hung on her shopping cart, Bild writes. Despite the presence of several bodyguards around the former Chancellor.

The German police confirm that a 67-year-old woman has been robbed, but will not give further details.

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