2023-12-18 19:14:33
After a series of robberies at banks and a gas station, the Vienna police have caught four suspects. The alleged main perpetrator is a 27-year-old Austrian. His accomplices were a man and two women. All suspects were in custody, police said on Monday.
The series of robberies began on November 21st and continued until December 12th in the Vienna districts of Leopoldstadt, Margareten, Hernals, Donaustadt and Liesing. In two of the six robberies it was an attempt. The perpetrators were always able to escape quite quickly. Investigators from Robbery Group 3 of the Vienna State Criminal Police Office quickly established a connection between the crimes. The Lower Austria State Criminal Police Office was also involved in the investigation.
The robbery investigators assumed that there must be at least two main perpetrators. One of them – a 27-year-old Austrian – was then identified by name and arrested using an arrest warrant by the Cobra task force on December 15th while he was traveling in a car with two men and a woman. One of the car occupants – a 26-year-old Austrian – was then identified as his accomplice and also arrested.
There was also a 25-year-old Serb in the car who had nothing to do with these robberies. However, misused license plates were mounted on the vehicle. There was also a woman in the vehicle; The 25-year-old is accused of contributing to the crime, as is a woman of the same age who could only be identified later. The police wanted to provide further details – about the place of arrest and why the investigation is also being carried out in Lower Austria – during a background discussion on Tuesday.
The investigations by the Vienna State Criminal Police Office are currently running in close coordination with the Lower Austria State Criminal Police Office under the direction of the Wiener Neustadt public prosecutor’s office. The four arrested were transferred to a prison in Lower Austria.
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