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Hostage taken in Austrian bank robbery

Hostage taken in Austrian bank robbery | iNFOnews.ca
Austrian police have closed the street to Erpfendorf in the Austrian province of Tyrol, Friday May 12, 2017, after a person has been taken hostage during a bank robbery. Further details weren't immediately available. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

BERLIN – Austrian police say a person has been taken hostage during a bank robbery in an Alpine town near the German border.

Police told the Austria Press Agency on Friday that police have been in contact with the suspect, who has been holed up inside the bank in Erpfendorf since the late-morning robbery attempt.

Further details weren’t immediately available.

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