January 21, 2011 1:44 PM
- Text
Armed "Obama Robber" Holds up Austrian Banks
A bank robber wearing a mask depicting President Obama enters a bank in Handenberg, Austria. (AP)
VIENNA - Say, isn't that the president with a gun in his hand? Actually, no, but it sure looks like it.
Austrian authorities are searching for a bank robber who uses an unusual disguise: He wears a Barack Obama mask during his holdups.
Police say the man, nicknamed the "Obama Robber" by local media, is wanted for six heists since 2008. The most recent took place Thursday in the hamlet of Handenberg, where the Obama-resembling suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of money after threatening bank employees with a gun.
Police official Markus Mitloehner said Friday that the man is thought to be a local since he speaks the regional dialect - with nary a trace of Obama's more professorial accent.
© 2011 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Austrian authorities are searching for a bank robber who uses an unusual disguise: He wears a Barack Obama mask during his holdups.
Police say the man, nicknamed the "Obama Robber" by local media, is wanted for six heists since 2008. The most recent took place Thursday in the hamlet of Handenberg, where the Obama-resembling suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of money after threatening bank employees with a gun.
Police official Markus Mitloehner said Friday that the man is thought to be a local since he speaks the regional dialect - with nary a trace of Obama's more professorial accent.
5 Comments +
Popular Now in World
- Canada: Porn star named as severed foot suspect
- 11-year-old played dead to survive Syria massacre
- Clinton: Russia contributing to Syrian civil war
- 2 U.S. men kidnapped in Egypt resort area
- Satellite pics said to show Iran nuclear cleanup
- Satellite photos said to show Iran nuke clean up
- Egypt officials: Kidnapped American tourists free
- No easy answers in Syria as wary Mideast looks on
- Pope Benedict: Media exaggerating on leak scandal
- Activists: Syrian troops shelling massacre site
- Iran relaunches Russian-made submarine
- U.S. warns of failed Syrian peace plan
- 1,600-year-old mosaic at Israeli synagogue damaged
- Russian colonel convicted of spying for U.S.
- Italy quake death toll hits 17
- Iran: "Flame" virus defeated; Data recovered
