An armed gang stormed into a Durban bank on Friday, holding staff and customers at gunpoint, KwaZulu-Natal police said.
”Five armed suspects entered, took cash and a customer’s vehicle and fled,” said Superintendent Willie Olivier of Durban’s Organised Crime Unit. The incident took place at the First National Bank (FNB) in the Kloof Village Mall at 10:30am.
Police found the vehicle a short distance away.
A customer, Shaun Ridley told the South Africa Press Association that the gang also attempted to break into the cash vault.
”They ordered us to lie on the floor and then they began searching us for wallets,” he said.
Ridley said the men then went to the vault and demanded the keys from FNB employees.
”But, they were having difficulty opening the vault and then came back to the cashiers and began taking money from the tills,” he said.
Ridley said the gang also took video equipment and cameras from the bank before fleeing.
No arrests had been made yet. Olivier said no shots were fired and no injuries were reported. FNB employees declined to comment. – Sapa