The proprietor of a cellular phone retailer in Landshut used pepper spray to fend off a theft at his enterprise. The 44-year-old perpetrator threatened the person with a knife and demanded cash, they mentioned police with. Nevertheless, the 34-year-old proprietor managed to defend himself in opposition to the assault on Tuesday with pepper spray.

The perpetrator was reportedly barely injured by the pepper spray. This is without doubt one of the the reason why the store proprietor and a buyer who occurred to be there managed to carry the robber within the store till the police arrived.

In accordance with police, the officers took the 44-year-old into custody. He was due to this fact taken into custody and can be introduced earlier than a decide.

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