Bank robbery in Kufstein: perpetrator on the run - alarm search is running!

Bank robbery in Kufstein: perpetrator on the run - alarm search is running!

Kufstein, Österreich - Another bank robbery shakes the Tyrolean fortress city of Kufstein! On Thursday morning, around 11.20 a.m., a hooded man stormed into a Sparkassen branch with a pistol and threatened the employees with the weapon. The police announced that the perpetrator fled south after the attack. A large -scale alarm search was initiated immediately, but so far the search has remained unsuccessful, as Krone reported.

accumulation of bank robberies

The current attack is only the youngest in an alarming series: In the past twelve months, Tyrol, especially in Innsbruck, has been nine bank robberies. This wave of crimes also began in Kufstein, where similar raids took place in November 2023 and January 2024. It is striking that the perpetrators usually proceed with arms and force the banks under the massive pressure of their threats to surrender cash. According to the police, the attacked people wore light sweaters with a hood and white inscription, which could possibly contribute to the identification of the fleeting perpetrator, so Zeitung .

The repeated raids not only put the security authorities on alert, but also frightened the residents of the region. In the past, several suspects have already been arrested, but the question of public security remains critical. The police ask the population to report suspicious observations to prevent further raids and to hold the perpetrators into account.