A robbery was committed at the Lidl in Hoorn tonight. Ivar Otten, a customer of the store at the time, did not hesitate for a moment and ran after the perpetrator. Until the man pulled out a ‘big knife’. “He stabbed and even touched the tip of my coat.”
Ivar Otten was doing some shopping at the Huesmolen in Hoorn around seven o’clock when he heard the Lidl cashier screaming loudly. “I then saw a man run away and went after it with someone. I was quite quick with the robber.”
The perpetrator stood by his bicycle to ride away. “I wanted to stop him,” says Otten, “until he pulled out a big knife.” “He even stabbed and hit the tip of my coat. He then ran away and unfortunately escaped.”
In all haste, the man dropped money near his bicycle, according to the heroic man. Police are still asking for the man to be looked at. The black man is between 20 and 25 years old and about 165 meters tall, has black hair and is dressed in a black tracksuit. He fled on a bicycle.
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