Employees and customers were shoplifters in Styria

LEOBEN. After an attempted shoplifting on Saturday in a supermarket in Leoben, employees and customers have prevented the perpetrators from fleeing.

On Saturday afternoon, an attempted shoplifting took place in Leoben. A customer reported the incident, employees of the grocery store and customers were able to hold the alleged shop thief until the police arrived.

A suspected shop thief was detained in a supermarket in Styria by three courageous customers until the police arrived. Previously, the 26-year-old is said to have beaten an employee.

After an attempted shoplifting in a supermarket in Leoben on Saturday, employees and customers prevented the suspect from fleeing. The 26-year-old hit an employee in the face and threatened to kill her colleague, the police reported in a broadcast on Sunday. Three customers helped detain the man until the executive arrived. The well-known local was arrested and taken to the Leoben Detention Centre.