Heavy robbery in Vöcklabruck: Police search for fleeting perpetrators

Heavy robbery in Vöcklabruck: Police search for fleeting perpetrators

In the night of September 26, 2024, shortly before midnight, a severe robbery occurred in a restaurant in the Vöcklabruck district. A previously unknown perpetrator and two young men from Vienna, both only 21 years old, provided a dramatic incident that the police called on the scene.

The seals drove to the restaurant by car and entered it. One of the two Austrians went straight to the bar, suddenly pulled a shotgun he had brought out of his waistband, and directed it without a word on the 33-year-old owner of the restaurant and a 25-year-old employee who was also behind the bar. Meanwhile, the second accused and the unknown accomplice waited in the entrance area.

escape and arrest

The restaurant owner and his employee immediately fled from the restaurant to get to safety. The armed perpetrator then tried in vain to change a slot machine to get the money. Instead, he took several electronic devices and spirits with him before suddenly picking up the vehicle key of the restaurant owner and drove away with it unauthorized A short time later there was a traffic accident near the crime scene. The police were quickly informed and was able to arrest the perpetrator in the said vehicle a little later. In a held alkotest, it turned out that he had 1.24 per thousand breath alcohol. In the meantime, the other two perpetrators managed to flee.

With the investigation into the clarification of the robbery, the State Criminal Police Office of Upper Austria took responsibility. Around 0:45 a.m. there was another incident in the restaurant when a break -in took place, in which witnesses identified the two fleeting people as suspicious. The arrested perpetrator was admitted to the Wels judiciary at the instruction of the Wels public prosecutor, while the search for the fleeting accomplices continues to run.

Detailed information about the incident has so far been sparse, but it is clear that the police are already looking intensively for the fleeting perpetrators to fold them into account. These incidents raise questions and employ the local investigative authorities. Further developments are eagerly awaited, as the night took a dramatic turn for those involved, which many residents leave behind.