VIENNA: A man known for robbing banks while wearing a mask of US President Barack Obama was arrested Thursday shortly after another robbery, Austrian police said.
The suspect, was believed to be the same man who has already robbed half a dozen banks in Upper Austria province since 2008, always wearing a mask of the US president.
On Thursday, the man, nicknamed the "Obama-robber" by the media, struck at another branch near the town of Voecklabruck and held a bank employee at gun-point before fleeing in a car, according to police. (AFP)
The suspect, was believed to be the same man who has already robbed half a dozen banks in Upper Austria province since 2008, always wearing a mask of the US president.
On Thursday, the man, nicknamed the "Obama-robber" by the media, struck at another branch near the town of Voecklabruck and held a bank employee at gun-point before fleeing in a car, according to police. (AFP)
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