A would-be robber did a runner after he found a bank shut. The felon – caught by surveillance cameras wearing a “Scream” horror movie mask tried to enter a branch in Vestenthal, Lower Austria, around midday on Tuesday. He ran away as the glass door failed to open. The bank opens only at 2pm for […]
A clerk at a tobacconist’s suffered minor injuries when she was attacked by a robber with an electroshock gun.The criminal who is being sought by police asked the woman to unlock a glass showcase of lighters before striking her down with a stun gun. The 43-year-old bit the robber in the hand after […]
Police are hunting a robber who took his victim on a 20-minute train journey before forcing him to deposit money.The criminal approached the 26-year-old on a train at Handelskai station. He asked the man to hand over his wristwatch and cash but refused to let him go. The robber instead told the man to get […]
A British man has described the terrifying moment when an armed robber pointed a gun at him after he went into a high street bank in the centre of Linz yesterday (Tuesday).Simon Byrne, 24, from Liverpool, said: “I had only just walked into the bank in the middle of the day. I wanted to open […]
Would-be robbers fled in horror when their tobacconist victim began clubbing them with a bludgeon.Police in Vienna-Brigittenau said today (Fri) the 40-year-old woman grabbed the wooden stick she kept behind the counter for self protection when the duo entered the her shop.Officials said the men described by the newsagent as aged between 20 and […]
A have-a-go tobacconist scared off an armed robber by throwing a pack of cigarettes straight into his face, yesterday (Weds).Graz police said the 56-year-old shop owner did not hesitate when the robber demanded money from him at gunpoint and chucked the pack of Gauloises straight into the gunmans face.The would-be robber and his accomplice waiting […]
A robber armed with a pistol fled on a bicycle after robbing a petrol station in Linz, Upper Austria, police said today (Mon).The man entered the station shortly after midnight and demanded money, which he put into a plastic sack before fleeing.Police said the robber was in his early 20s, 1.85 metres tall and thin. […]