Sparda Bank robbery

Tue 9th Mar, 2010

Munich. A robber has escaped with a sum of money from the Sparda Bank at Hauptbahnhof on Tuesday morning.

The man armed with a pistol attacked the Sparda Bank affiliate at Munich's main train station around 8:30am. The police confirmed that the robber took 5,000Eur and escaped by foot.

The police are looking for the suspect but have no more details as yet to disclose. The man is assumed to be of mediterranean descent, with black hair and brown eyes and was dressed in black. He wore a black scarf, dark shoes and is between 1.80 meters and 1.85 meters tall.


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