Dresden. Two strangers attacked a gas station in the Strehlen district of Dresden on Monday night. The perpetrators entered the sales room around 3:30 a.m. They then sprayed the 59-year-old employee with pepper spray and threatened her.
According to initial information, the robbers stole cigarettes and several hundred euros from the cash register. Despite an immediate search and the use of sniffer dogs, the perpetrators have not yet been caught, the police said.
The criminal police are investigating serious robbery and are looking for witnesses. One of the men was about six feet tall and wore a dark jacket. He was slim and wore a medical mask. His companion was six feet tall and also slim. He was dressed in dark clothes and had a scarf over his mouth.
The gas station employee was slightly injured. She went into shock and had to be treated in an eye clinic. A gas station on Coventrystrasse in Gorbitz was attacked a week ago. However, one of the alleged perpetrators turned up there later.
The police department Dresden receives information on the telephone number 0351/4832233.
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