Brazen

Stranger robbed woman with a walking frame

A stranger pulled off an extremely brazen stunt on Friday in Feldkirch (Vorarlberg): The man approached a woman who was walking with a rollator and asked her for a glass of water. In reality, he was after the woman's purse. 

A woman was the victim of a robbery in her apartment in Feldkirch in Vorarlberg on Friday evening. She was first asked for a glass of water by an unknown perpetrator when she came home. When the woman then told the man to wait outside the door, he suddenly stood behind her in the kitchen and, despite resisting, snatched her purse, which was hanging in a bag on her walker. Shortly afterwards, he left the apartment and threw the empty purse back.

The perpetrator apparently stole a small amount of cash, the police reported on Saturday. A manhunt for the stranger was initially unsuccessful. The man was described as 1.70 meters tall. He was wearing a gray jacket and spoke broken German.