Police launch manhunt after attempted robbery in Klagenfurt

Police launched a large search, including a helicopter, after a passer-by escaped an attempted robbery in Klagenfurt on Friday morning, ORF reported. The victim called emergency services and was not injured, police told the Austria Press Agency.

The attempted robbery happened at about 9.30 a.m. on a street in the eastern part of the state capital. The assailant took nothing, and police initially had no indication that the person was armed.