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Bank Heist in Damascus
 Police are hunting for four men who robbed a major remittance center in Damascus and fled with 43 million Syrian pounds in cash Thursday afternoon, an Interior Ministry official said yesterday. The official pointed out that the four-member gang raided Al-Haram Remittance House at Al-Hijaz Area and held up the company's employees and clients, and forced them to hand over all the cash they had. The four entered the house pretending to be clients who wanted to transfer money. They carried briefcases in which they hid weapons, employees of the remittance house said. "One of the robbers began collecting cash from the booths and clients, while another shot twice in the air to terrify us. Everything was over in just 10 minutes, and the gang members fled with millions," said one of the employees. No one was injured during the incident.Posted by: Fred 2005-02-07 |
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