Petrol station robbery in Wiener Neustadt: perpetrator only 1.60 m tall!

Petrol station robbery in Wiener Neustadt: perpetrator only 1.60 m tall!

In Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, a masked perpetrator robbed a gas station around 4 a.m. on Sunday morning. Armed with a kitchen knife about 30 cm long, the unknown man threatened the employee, who was the only one present, and demanded that she hand over cash. The woman complied with the request and the robbery took place without any injuries, as the Lower Austria State Police Department confirmed. Unfortunately, the search for the fleeing robber, which was launched immediately, was unsuccessful, reported courier.

What is particularly striking is the perpetrator's height: at a maximum of 160 cm, he turned out to be unusually short. According to the description, the robber was dressed in dark clothing and wore a face mask while speaking with a foreign accent. It remains unclear whether he had been noticed in the area before, but the gas station has been the target of robberies several times in the past. In this context, the operator of the gas station took measures to prevent robberies over a decade ago and even installed a rare DNA shower that would have marked the perpetrator in a robbery, he said express.

The incident again raises questions about security at gas stations and suggests a possible recurrence of such crimes, as the facility has previously made headlines for robberies. The investigation is ongoing because the lack of arrest of the perpetrator casts worrying shadows on security in the region.