| |
| |
![]() |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
MANILA: Nine people were found dead in a bank outside the Philippines capital on Friday in an apparent armed robbery, police said.
Bank clients alerted police when they found a bloodied body at the door of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. branch in Cabuyao, south of Manila.
Police found nine bodies inside the bank, while the bank manager was in critical condition at a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound to the head, national police spokesman Nicanor Bartolome said in a statement.
Two of the dead were women who have not been identified, he added.
Police later recovered an abandoned vehicle at a nearby area which they believe the suspects used to escape, Chief Superintendent Bartolome said.
The crime took place at a light industrial park and the bank branch serves export-oriented electronics manufacturers.
Police believe the bank was attacked by robbers, possibly working with insiders, who fled its usual opening time of 9:00am (0100 GMT). It was not immediately known if any money was stolen.
"This is not the handiwork of humans. This was perpetrated by animals," regional police chief Ricardo Padilla told ABS-CBN television.
Padilla said investigators were looking for two missing bank security guards who he said could have been involved in the attack.
Police have erected roadblocks in the region and the identities of certain motorists are being checked, Bartolome said. - AFP/ac
|
