Less than five minutes
after Prosegur's armoured van had called at the bank, the Barakaldo branch of
the BBV was the scene of a hold-up.* At ten to nine in the morning, two hooded
youths entered the building. "I want you to give me the money in the safe!"*
shouted one of them, pointing his pistol at anyone who looked at him.
According to witnesses, there
was at least one more robber waiting in a car outside. "What happened was that
they saw the (Prosegur) van arrive and they thought we could get money out of
the safe." However, they obviously didnt have time to read the sign which said:
Safe can only be opened at certain limes. Employees do not have access to
money. "When I heard the voices, I thought it was |
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one of the cashiers having a joke, and I went up
to them to tell them to keep the noise down. That's when I realised one of them
was pointing his gun directly at me." Meanwhile, the other robber had one hand
inside his jacket pocket and was waving it about. Presumably there was a gun in
it. A punch in the head was the answer given to one employee who tried to make
the gunmen understand that they couldnt open the safe. Meanwhile the shouting
continued, and it looked as if the situation was getting out of control.
Fortunately the robbers calmed down, and decided to make do* with the money in
the cash dispensing machines, around a million pesetas, before making their
escape. The whole thing was like a scene from a B-movie - but the situation was
far from humorous. |