Armed robbery in McDonalds

Tue 18th May, 2010

Penzberg. Two unidentified men threatened the director of a McDonalds in Penzberg with a gun and demanded cash.

According to the police, two criminals entered the fast food restaurant at Seeshaupter Straße at 2 AM Monday morning. They were armed and demanded cash. When the manager refused to give them money they knocked him to the ground and shut him in the storage room. The offenders fled without money, most likely on foot. The victim, who managed to let himself out of the storage room, called the police who began a search immediately. As of now the crimials are still at large.


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