Armed robbery on Tuesday morning in Innsbruck: a masked man stormed a tobacconist in the Reichenau district and demanded cash. The perpetrator then fled with several hundred euros. A 29-year-old suspect was arrested just 15 minutes later.
The armed robbery happened around 9:25 a.m. “A masked man entered the tobacconist with a bread knife and demanded cash,” said an investigator from the LKA Tirol when asked by “Krone”. The perpetrator, who was initially unknown, was finally able to capture a medium, three-digit euro amount. 13 minutes after the crime, the handcuffs clicked. After the coup, he fled to a nearby apartment building. In the course of the search, the handcuffs clicked in the stairwell just 13 minutes after the crime. According to the LKA, the suspect is a 29-year-old Austrian. The suspect is in police custody. Further investigations and the questioning of the accused and the victims are still pending.