Had been in hiding for a long time

German ex-Hells Angels boss killed in Iran

Ramin Y. was wanted as the alleged main perpetrator of an attack in Bochum.(Bild: AFP)

The state news agency Tasnim confirms the death of the former head of the Mönchengladbach "Hells Angels" Ramin Y. He had been wanted as the alleged main perpetrator of an attack in Bochum.

Ramin Y., who was an international wanted man, was apparently killed under mysterious circumstances in Iran. According to the F.A.Z., German security authorities have received corresponding reports from international news sources.

The agency contradicted statements by Iranian journalists in exile that the Israeli secret service was responsible for his killing. Rather, he had died as a result of a personal conflict. 

Rocker war on the Lower Rhine
Y. had been known to the police and judicial authorities for years from other criminal activities. Born in Mönchengladbach, Y. was initially active in the Bandidos, but switched to the Hells Angels with several dozen club members at the end of 2012, which led to a brutal rocker war on the Lower Rhine.

Mastermind of the attack in Bochum
Ramin Y. was suspected of being the mastermind behind an attack in Bochum in mid-November 2022. In December 2023, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court sentenced the German-Iranian Babak J. to two years and nine months in prison for his involvement in this attack. 

Babak J. had spent seven weeks in Iran in the summer of 2022 and met Ramin Y. there repeatedly. Finally, Y. is said to have asked him for "a favor in Germany", which led to his involvement in the attack.

Body dismembered
A particularly gruesome crime took place in 2014 when Hells Angels rocker Kai M. was shot dead and his body dismembered. Ramin Y. was suspected of being involved in the murder of Kai M. To escape prosecution, he fled to Iran and has been wanted internationally ever since.