Vienna:
A man wearing a rubber mask of US President Barack Obama robbed a bank in Handenberg in Upper Austria just before the bank closed on Friday, Austrian police said.
Police believe the same man, disguised in his Obama mask, has been carrying out such bank raids for the past two years.
He threatened the bank's employee with a gun, shouting: "This is a hold-up. Give me the money."
The robber, who apparently spoke with a local dialect, ran away with the money in a black shoulder bag.
No one was hurt during the hold-up, police said.
The statement did not say how much money the robber took away, but the daily Kronenzeitung, in its online edition, put the amount at 10,000 euros (USD 13,500).