Robbery in Vienna: Four men caught – brutal revenge or a planned act?

In Vienna-Landstrasse there was a dramatic robbery at a cell phone shop on Erdbergstrasse. The owner of the store alerted the police after he was robbed by four men. They were after a five-figure amount of cash and fled in a car. However, the perpetrators' escape came to a quick end when officers from the Landstrasse city police command stopped the getaway vehicle on the southern motorway (A2) near Vösendorf. The four suspected robbers, all men between the ages of 22 and 36 with Syrian and Austrian citizenship, were temporarily arrested. The police seized a baton and the stolen cash, according to the report courier reported.

An interesting twist to the story is that it turns out that the robbers and the victim had a previous relationship. According to the investigation, one of the suspects wanted a deposit - a gold ring and a wristwatch that he had deposited for a cell phone he had purchased earlier in the year - back. The problem: The cell phone shop owner had already sold the deposit. This led to the violent attacks in which the perpetrators extorted cash Vienne.at reported. Fortunately, no one was injured in this incident. Further investigations are being continued by the Vienna State Criminal Police Office, Center-East branch.