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Police assume that several persons are involved based on the country-wide action.
Police headquarters in Frankfurt have taken over the coordination of investigations. They stated that Thomy is prepared to make contact with the extortionists in the way stipulated by the extortionist. Yesterday, the company received a letter stating that the next attack would not only target Thomy products. The letter specified three supermarkets in Regensburg, Bremen, and Saarbruecken. All three supermarkets were closed immediately.