The Tribune

• THE Catholic Church in Germany is taking legal action to tackle a plague of “Pokemon Go” players invading Cologne Cathedral after the virtual reality game’s manufacturers did not react to requests to exclude the ancient building from it.

The Cathedral’s dean, Robert Kleine, said that “the cathedral isn’t a playground”.

• STIRLING Police in Scotland have tweeted this warning: “Just to be clear, ‘I was looking for a Pokestop’ is not an acceptable reason for being on the roof of a shop with a crowbar at 2am.”

• A GUNMAN and his underage driver tried to rob a group of people playing the popular “Pokemon Go” game in Las Vegas, triggering a shootout after one of the players pulled out his own weapon at a park that has become a hot spot for virtual creature hunting.

• INDONESIAN officials have banned the playing of “Pokemon Go” from the presidential palace in Jakarta.

“This is the office of the president, not a playground,” said a palace spokesman.

The Cabinet Secretary said a number of Pokemon had been captured at the palace and some officials have expressed worry the game could be a security risk.

• A PEDESTRIAN playing “Pokemon Go” was intentionally struck by a motorist in Bangor, Maine, on Sunday night according to local police.

Witnesses said the 37-year-old victim was part of a group using their smartphones to locate Pokemon characters when an argument unfolded. The driver was arrested.

• A NEW Jersey woman trying to catch Pokemon in a cemetery had to be rescued by firefighters after becoming stuck in a tree and calling 911.

Firefighters in Clarksboro say the woman was “a bit embarrassed” after being helped in Clarksboro’s Eglington Cemetery.

• POLICE have charged a Canadian woman they allege shot a pellet gun at a group playing “Pokemon Go” north of Toronto.

They received a call on Saturday night that someone was shooting at several people playing the smartphone game in Newmarket, Ontario.

• US BORDER Patrol officials briefly apprehended two Canadian teenagers after they accidentally crossed the border into Montana while engrossed playing “Pokemon Go”.

• BRITISH police have released a recording of a call to the emergency 999 line in which a youth reported his Pokemon had been stolen. He was told misusing the line was a criminal offence.

• POLICE in Florida used a stun gun on a “Pokemon Go” player who resisted arrest when officers chased about 150 people out of Tampa’s Ballast Point Park after closing time.

• A DRIVER crashed into a police patrol car in the Delaware resort of Rehoboth Beach while trying to help his wife as she played “Pokemon Go”.

Mark Oldenburg, 28, was cited for inattentive driving and an improper turn following the crash after his wife had directed him to pull into a median parking spot in an attempt to locate a Pokemon gym.