Confronting the robber with a gun, the 52-year-old bank security guard calmly approached, causing the robber to panic and flee.
Recounting the moment of confrontation, Mr. Hung (52 years old – The character name was changed), guarding a bank branch in Dong Huong ward, Thanh Hoa city, Thanh Hoa province, said that he had 10 years working as a bank guard but this was the first time he faced a name directly. rob.
Mr. Hung said, around 13:30 on February 1, a man rode a motorbike to a bank branch. After stopping the car, this subject opened the trunk to check and then left. At this time, Mr. Hung just thought this was a normal customer.
However, regarding 30 minutes later, this man returned, wearing a full-face helmet, mask, and carrying a cloth bag into the counter.
At this time, Mr. Hung was standing in the transaction room when the man pulled out a gun and pointed it at him to control and rob the property.
“As soon as he stepped inside, he pointed his gun at me and shouted, “Robber here, get back.” At that time, there were no customers in the room, only me and four bank employees,” said Mr. Hung.
In the moment of confronting the robber, Mr. Hung was not afraid, he calmly reminded the bank staff not to panic so that he might handle it himself, then he tried to approach the robber despite the object pointing a gun. .
The bank guard recounts the moment he confronted the armed robber.
“When the robber broke into the trading room, I was standing in the middle of the room. The distance between me and the robber was regarding 4m. Because I had been trained many times, I was very calm at that time. I saw the type of gun the subject was. Holding in my hand was a revolver that shot bullets. Determined if it shot, it would only cause light damage, so I approached to grab the gun and to catch the robber, “said Mr. Hung.
Seeing the bank security guard approaching, the robber panicked and kicked the door out. Mr. Hung chased following him with a chair, but the robber ran away soon following.
After the incident, the Thanh Hoa City Police Department coordinated with the Thanh Hoa Provincial Police to arrest the bank robber.
48 hours following the incident, the authorities detained the suspect Tran Van Thuyet (35 years old, residing in Dong Linh ward, Thanh Hoa city) to investigate the act of “robbing property”.
At the police station, Thuy confessed that due to a loss in business and debt, she planned to rob a bank to get money to pay off the debt.
Before that, at regarding 1pm on February 1, Tran Van Thuyet wore a helmet, carried a revolver (type of bullets) and stormed into the transaction counter of a bank branch located in Thanh Hoa city. . Here, Theory pointed a gun at the security guard to threaten and control to rob property. Faced with the above situation, the guard calmly held a chair to fight back, causing the suspect to flee.
