Police suspect that a violent armed robbery on Wednesday in a Tel Aviv branch of Bank of Jerusalem was perpetrated by none other than the bank's security guard.
According to investigators, the guard at the Ehad Ha'am Street branch had allegedly planned the robbery ahead of time, arriving to work on Wednesday carrying a special bag for the money he intended on stealing. Investigators remarked the robber hid the bag and awaited patiently until the bank teller opened the safe.
Once she did, the suspect reportedly approached the teller and said to her: "Give me the money."
The teller, who was familiar with the suspect, believed he was joking. "You're kidding me," she replied. However the security guard was not laughing as he pulled out his gun and fired at the glass window that separates the bank teller from the customers.
He then proceeded to go into the safe, grabbed approximately NIS 300,000 ($83,890) and escaped. Witnesses claimed the robber fled the crime scene on a motorcycle.
The bank teller was lightly wounded from glass debris. Police are conducting a manhunt in an attempt to apprehend the perpetrator.
Third case this month
Just last week a 42-year-old jewelry shop owner from Hod Hasharon was shot to death when robbers attempted to pillage his store. The victim, Yehuda Vizelberg, suffered fatal wounds.
When Magen David Adom emergency services arrived at the scene they had no choice but to pronounce him dead. The robbers have yet to be arrested by police.
Last Monday, a man was shot and killed during a bank robbery at a Be'er Yaakov Bank Ha'poalim branch. Magen David Adom made attempts to resuscitate the victim but failed and were forced to pronounce him dead at the scene. The incident is most likely an armed robbery that went wrong.