Treuenbrietzen (dpa / bb) - Unknown perpetrators have attacked a gas station in the Treuenbrietzen district of Marzahna.

The perpetrators had demanded cash from the employee on Wednesday by showing a pistol-like object and then fled with the loot in a dark vehicle via Bundesstraße 2 in the direction of Treuenbrietzen (Potsdam-Mittelmark), reported the West Police Department.

Rescue workers took care of the outwardly uninjured employee of the gas station and then took her to a hospital.

The police started a large manhunt for the perpetrators.

Further details were initially not known.