Eastern Switzerland Perpetrator to hand himself in after robbery in Gossau SG

SDA

23.9.2024 - 08:26

The police are piling on the pressure: because there are pictures of the perpetrator after a robbery in Gossau, he should hand himself in. (symbolic picture)
The police are piling on the pressure: because there are pictures of the perpetrator after a robbery in Gossau, he should hand himself in. (symbolic picture)
Keystone

At midday on Saturday, July 27, a man robbed a store on St. Gallerstrasse in Gossau. The police have pictures of the perpetrator. They now want to publish them if the man does not turn himself in within a week.

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During the robbery, the perpetrator threatened the store employee with a knife. He then fled with the loot of several thousand francs. Images of the perpetrator were secured during the investigation, the St. Gallen cantonal police announced on Monday.

A so-called public manhunt has therefore been launched on behalf of the public prosecutor's office. This means that the images will be published unpixelated in a week's time and the public will be asked to help with the manhunt. Until then, the perpetrator has time to turn himself in to the police, according to the press release.