During a bank robbery in a West German town several people were taken hostage by two criminals. For a few days the robbers escaped with their hostagesin car or bus through West Germany and the Netherlands. Approached by journalists they had the opportunity to give liveTV interviewsand use the press as negotiating party rather than a very confused police force. Eventually the gangsters were caught and two hostages killed. Shot by the bank robbers. Victims of inconstant police tactics between overzeal and paralysation.