Robbery attempt foiled by poor German speaking skills

A frustrated armed robber had to flee a Berlin supermarket empty-handed over his lack of knowledge of the German language.
The unidentified man entered the store in the city's Mitte district on Tuesday, placed a rucksack on the counter, produced a knife and started gesticulating wildly at the two female staff members, police said.
The would-be robber then vaulted over the counter and continued a series of hand gestures that only further confused the women, 'The Local' reported.
One of the women ran into the street calling for help, prompting the man to flee after abandoning both knife and backpack.

"The offender said something unintelligible but the threatened shopkeeper did not respond," police said.
It was only later that the staff realised the robber wanted them to fill the backpack with cash from the register, the report said.
Police were searching for the man after the incident.