Man Robbed of €20 in Kaunas After Being Threatened With Gun-Like Object
Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A man born in 2006 told police that a passenger from a BMW X5 threatened him with an object resembling a firearm in Kaunas.
- The man was taken to an ATM after saying he had no cash and withdrew €20.
- Police opened a pretrial investigation into robbery.
A man in Kaunas was allegedly threatened with an object resembling a firearm and forced to withdraw money from an ATM, police said.
The incident occurred at about 4:25 a.m. on Veliuonos Street on Sept. 4. A passenger got out of a BMW X5, demanded €50 and threatened the man, who was born in 2006.
After the man said he had no cash, he was driven to an ATM, where he withdrew €20. Police have opened a pretrial investigation into robbery.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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