“The first bankrånet on Svalbard – ever”
“The only bank in Svalbard was robbed”
“on Friday came a 29-year-old Russian man armed with a hunting rifle on the only branch of the bank in Svalbard.”
“the Man got 70 000 sek, but was apprehended shortly after the robbery.”
“I thought it was a joke,” says Hilde Fålun Strøm as living in Svalbard for the local newspaper.”
“It was last Friday just after half-past eleven in the morning, the police in Longyearbyen on Svalbard was alerted.”
“the Alarm came from the Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge.”
“the Bank had just been robbed by an armed man. The robber came over 70 000 sek. “
“He was arrested shortly thereafter by police.”
“– The suspected man is a 29-year-old Russian tourist, said the police Vidar Arnesen told the newspaper Svalbardposten after the robbery.”
“the Robber was armed with a hunting rifle he had borrowed at Svalbard is completely legal.”
“Three people worked in the bank during the robbery. No one was injured physically.”
“this is The first time ever there is a bank robbery in Svalbard. “
“The inhabitants of the local newspaper Svalbardposten spoke with after the robbery told me that they thought it was a joke.”
“– It is rough. Totally surreal. I think of my friends who work at the bank and feel sorry for them, ” says Hilde Fålun Strøm as living in Svalbard for the magazine. “
“She has to ask how the man was going to weigh in the small community.”
” We have a society with a lot of weapons that we handle. This is shocking. But what would he do after he got the money?”
