The attempted robbery remained: the tobacconist drove the boys away with a “real” gun. The two children were quickly investigated on the basis of his information and images from surveillance cameras: a school caretaker from an educational institution near the crime scene identified them, the police reported.
The boys had come to the tobacconist in the Altmannsdorfer Straße area shortly before 5:30 p.m. “The two suspects are said to have threatened the tobacconist with a gun and demanded cash,” said police spokesman Daniel Fürst. “The tobacconist managed to force the two alleged perpetrators to flee by pulling out a firearm that he legally possessed.”
After identification by the school caretaker, the police soon discovered the eleven-year-old. He was stopped on Unter-Meidlinger Strasse around 7 p.m. “after a short chase”. Shortly thereafter, the second boy was caught. The softgun remained missing, but the 11-year-old admitted that he and his friend had the gun with them at the tobacconist, the spokesman said.
The officers handed the children over to their parents. You should be interviewed later today. The investigation is being conducted by the Vienna State Criminal Police Office, southern branch, investigation area robbery. It is about the suspicion of attempted aggravated robbery.
Source: Nachrichten
