In Vienna-Landstraße

Bank robber arrested half an hour after robbery

The 40-year-old Austrian threatened a bank employee with a dummy weapon.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Adobe Stock)

It didn't take long to escape: a bank robber was caught in Vienna on Friday morning after just half an hour. He had threatened a bank employee in a bank in Vienna-Landstraße with a suspected firearm.

A 40-year-old Austrian robbed a bank branch on Landstraßer Hauptstraße in the morning. He threatened a bank employee with a dummy gun and demanded cash. The man put the money in a bag and fled in an unknown direction.

However, the 40-year-old did not get far: around half an hour after the robbery, the man was arrested by Wega. The officers seized the dummy weapon and cash. No one was injured in the entire incident, reported the regional police headquarters.