Surveillance cameras capture attempted armed robbery in Timisoara

A yet unidentified man entered a café in Timisoara, western Romania, on Sunday morning, with the intention to rob the place. He threatened the bartender with a gun, but the woman managed to press the panic button and scare off the man. The café’s surveillance cameras captured the images. Watch video below. Representatives of the Timis County Police Inspectorate said that they already started an investigation in this case, after seeing the images captured by the cameras, which were made public on the Internet, reports local Mediafax. “After watching the images captured by the surveillance cameras, which appeared in the public space, the police sent a research team to the scene. There, they contacted the company’s manager, who said he didn’t want to file a complaint because he hadn’t suffered any damage,” said Timis County Police representatives. Moreover, the woman who was attacked by the thief told the police that she wasn’t scared because she realized that the gun was not a real one. The police opened a criminal investigation for attempted robbery, and are currently trying to identify the man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5PGuOBdVjw Thieves steal 100-kg safe from City Hall in eastern Romania Man robs Romanian bank with toy gun Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com