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Crime everywhere HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 04/02/2012

Monday, April 2, 2012

Crime everywhere

HE SAYS
Aldrin Cardon
04/02/2012
Daring was first used to describe the thoughtless act of violence by a small group of men — initially believed to be four or a little more — who appeared to have successfully conducted the heist just as the Robinson’s Galleria in Ortigas, Pasig was about to start what should have been an ordinary week’s day.

Categorizing the incident should fall short as an act of terror as one was killed — the security personnel who assisted in the delivery of the money from a bank to the money changer recipient — and six others, mostly innocent pedestrians who were about to go about their usual businesses for the day.

The heist, as police sources later revealed, was quickly completed. Analysts have also likened it to a movie script, except that it was real.

The report by The Daily Tribune’s Gina Peralta-Elorde summed it up in detail: “two armed men donned security guard uniforms and followed the roving tellers of Security Bank located inside the mall. (The two) shot the group of tellers, including the two security guards, upon reaching the Level 1 area of the mall near the Sanry’s Money Changer….... MORE
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