Berlin - A one-legged man who robbed a bank in Hamburg was apprehended after being pursued by staff members.
The 41-year-old, a Belgian, had held a knife to the throat of a customer in a branch of the local savings bank on Friday, extracting 1,050 euros from a member of staff.
Two members of the bank's staff pursued the man to a nearby shopping centre, alerting the police by mobile telephone.
Police apprehended the man in a clothes shop. A warrant had previously been issued for his arrest on a similar charge
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