After a robbery of a jewelry store in downtown Hamburg, three suspects are still on the run. The unknown perpetrators went to a jewelry store in downtown Hamburg early Tuesday evening, smashed showcases with two sledgehammers and stole high-quality jewelry and watches, as a spokesman for the Hamburg police said on Wednesday morning.

According to the information, one perpetrator had a firearm with him during the robbery, with which he threatened the employees in the store, while two other perpetrators took the jewelry from the showcases.

The spokesman did not provide any information on the exact value of the loot. It is a "large amount". The perpetrators, who fled on e-scooters, were then searched for. A track led to the Stadthausbrücke S-Bahn station, but got lost there. Two e-scooters and black gloves, which the perpetrators were probably wearing, were secured, the police said. After about three and a half hours of the search, which went "without any particular results", the search for the perpetrators was initially ended. Further details and background were not initially known.