They are known to the police

Teen robbers broke into tobacconist’s at 2.30 am

The two boys broke into this tobacconist's on Leonfeldner Straße.(Bild: Constantin Handl)

Once again, young offenders are causing trouble. In Linz, a pair of brothers - aged just 13 and 17 - broke into a tobacconist's shop. And they did it at a time when they were supposed to be in bed. This was not the first time the two offenders had been active and they are known to the authorities.

One is still too young to feel the full force of the law, the other is apparently unteachable. It was Saturday, around 2.30 a.m., when the 17-year-old and his younger brother (13) used a small emergency hammer to break the side window of a recently renovated tobacconist's on Leonfeldner Straße in Linz-Urfahr. They smashed the glass and finally kicked the window in with their feet to gain unlawful access. They then collected cigarettes and fled.