Leinfelden-Echterdingen (dpa / lsw) - An unknown attacked a hotel in Leinfelden-Echterdingen (Esslingen district) with a firearm. The man demanded cash from an employee at the reception and threatened the gun, the police said on Wednesday morning. The woman complied and the robber fled with a small amount of cash. The search for the perpetrator early Wednesday morning, in which a police helicopter was used, was initially unsuccessful.