Standard Bank assisting in bank robbery investigation
A man was robbed inside the bank at gunpoint on Monday morning when he went to make a cash deposit of R90 000.
Standard Bank South Africa was assisting the police in its investigation into an armed robbery inside its Pretoria North branch earlier this week.
“We are currently assisting the SAPS with their investigation,” spokesperson Ross Linstrom said.
This after a north of Pretoria man, who preferred not to be named, was robbed inside the Standard Bank branch on Monday morning.
He was in the branch to make a cash deposit of R90 000.
The bank could not divulge further information about the incident.
On Wednesday, the man said the incident left him traumatised.
“How can people get into a bank with a firearm?” he demanded to know.
“Banks are supposed to be safe.”
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The man further questioned why there were no metal detectors or other measures in place to prevent this.
Pretoria North police spokesperson Sergeant Tsakani Miyen said the robber went into the bank and targeted a specific person who was holding a bag.
She said there was a struggle between the bank robber and the victim for the bag until he [the bank robber] pulled out his firearm.
“After getting the bag, he ran out of the bank and got into a getaway vehicle,” Miyen said.
An armed robbery docket was being investigated.
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