Bank manager narrates 'bloody' robbery ordeal
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Ketshabile Motswasele, branch manager of Selebi-Phikwe Barclays Bank Prestige Branch said she stood up quickly to asses the situation and confirmed what the intruder was saying when she saw an armed man cocking his gun at the main entrance to the banking hall.
She said she was assisting a customer around 4.55pm when a tall, slim man entered her office. The man did not want her to finish with the customer she was helping and told her "this is a bloody f***ng robbery".Motswasele said the man pulled her by hand towards the cashiers' cubicles. She then instructed the cashiers to give him money. She said as they were about to reach the cashiers' cubicles, another man entered her office with a briefcase.
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