Suspect in custody

Handcuffs clicked 4 weeks after bank robbery

This bank branch was robbed at the time.

(Bild: Johanna Birbaumer, Krone KREATIV)

Exactly four weeks after an armed bank robbery in Innsbruck's Reichenau district, the police were able to track down and arrest a suspect. He is said to be a 68-year-old local man. The "robber grandpa" fled the scene on an e-scooter.

The bank robbery at the Sparkasse branch took place on July 26. Shortly after 8 a.m., a masked perpetrator armed with a silver pistol marched into the bank and demanded cash in English. After an employee handed over the money to the robber, he made off on an e-scooter.

A search was immediately launched - including a police helicopter circling over the entire city - but was unsuccessful.

Investigations and leads led to senior citizen
On Friday, exactly four weeks after the robbery, the police announced the arrest of a suspect. According to investigators from the Provincial Criminal Police Office, the suspect is a 68-year-old local man.

On Thursday, a suspect was arrested in his apartment in Innsbruck.

Ermittler vom LKA Tirol

The alleged perpetrator was arrested in his apartment in Innsbruck. "The investigative measures and the evaluation of evidence led to the 68-year-old", the investigators continued.

Taken to prison
However, the suspect claims to have nothing to do with the robbery: "He has not confessed." By order of the public prosecutor's office, the man was sent to Innsbruck prison.