Men tried to rob auction house with an ax – Expressen

Armed with an ax and sledgehammer, the two masked men in at Stockholms Auktionsverk at 11 o’clock on Wednesday.

During crude attempt they tried to smash display cases before they left the place.

At 13:30 found the perpetrators abandoned getaway vehicle a few kilometers from the crime scene, but no has not yet been arrested.

It was at 11 o’clock on Wednesday as two black-clad men wearing ski masks entered the Stockholms Auktionsverk and carried out a attempted robbery.

The two men were armed with both ax and sledgehammer with which they attacked the stands on the premises.

Subsequently, the two men the crime scene in a dark car. It is unclear whether these had any change from the coup. No one should be physically damaged during the attempted robbery.

– There are many witnesses to hear and even surveillance cameras in the room, says Sven-Erik Olsson, at the Stockholm police länskommunikationscentral.

After the crime peered police the neighborhood area, in search of escape vehicle and perpetrators. At 13:30 anträffades perpetrators escape vehicle abandoned on Sandhamnsgatan in Stockholm, only a few kilometers from the auction work.

– There is a foreign-registered vehicle, from Estonia, but when the crime was committed, the Swedish registration plates, said Sven-Erik Olsson.

Now we hope the police that the car will give them more information that will lead them to the perpetrators. At 14 o’clock they still hunted by a number of patrols, according to Olsson.