Armed Ninja robs Norwegian gas station

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What would the Technodrome be without some good ol' fashioned ninja hijinks? Saw this article today and had to pass it along.

Armed «Ninja» robbed gas station

A gas station in downtown Arendal was robbed around 5 a.m. Tuesday by a person dressed as a Japanese ninja, armed with a sword and a knife. He took off on a bike.

This information was provided to the local paper Agderposten by an eye witness, who also stated that the robber was carrying both a sword and a knife.

«I was going down there to buy cigarettes, when I saw a man run into the gas station,» the eye witness explained to the paper. «He was wearing something that looked like a ninja hood, carrying a knife, and he had a sword sticking up from the back of his pants.»

David Stamnes at the Agder police district confirmed that that robber was wearing some sort of mask, armed with a knife, and had something unidentified sticking up from the back of his pants.

«The robber was allegedly of foreign decent, and he threatened the clerk and got a hold of a couple of bills,» Stamnes said.

There was one person on duty at the gas station when the robber occurred around 5 am.

Norwegian news bureau (NTB)

http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/article204005.ece

Later, the "Ninja" called the authorities, left his name and number and claimed to be an eye witness in order to obtain the tip-off money. He was shortly thereafter arrested.