Petrol station in Liezen

Perpetrator found: Woman stabbed cashier

She is said to have robbed the same petrol station in Liezen twice. Last Sunday, she even attacked the cashier with a knife - and has been wanted for attempted murder ever since. With success: the 20-year-old perpetrator was arrested by the Styrian police on Monday afternoon.

On Sunday morning, she stormed the petrol station in Liezen wearing a balaclava and armed with a knife. She demanded all the cash and even went behind the till to her victim. After the cashier had given her the money, the perpetrator stabbed her several times. The 35-year-old suffered stab wounds and cuts as a result, as well as a severe shock, and was treated at Rottenmann Regional Hospital.

It was not her first assault
Similar scenes - only slightly less violent - took place at the same petrol station last September. It has now emerged that it was the same perpetrator. This was discovered by investigators from the Styrian State Office of Criminal Investigation with the support of the Liezen Criminal Investigation Department following information from the public and intensive investigations.

And so the 20-year-old with dark, long hair and a Styrian dialect was arrested near her home on Monday afternoon. The young woman from Liezen was carrying some of the loot with her when she was arrested. 

Her apartment was then searched, where officers were able to seize the suspected criminal's clothing and several knives. The 20-year-old is now accused of two robberies and one attempted murder.