UPDATE: At least three people hospitalised following Mandeville robbery and shootout
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — At least three people have been hospitalised after gunmen attacked a team from Beryllium Limited at Scotiabank in Mandeville on Friday.
Relatives of the injured people have converged at the Mandeville Regional Hospital.
A woman who identified herself as Alice told OBSERVER ONLINE that her niece was shot in the leg while waiting in line at the Scotiabank automated banking machine (ABM) to withdraw cash on her payday.
“I can’t find words to express right now. She was in the line to collect her pay with friends. They said the security guard said ‘clear the way’ and then they start hear gunshots,” said Alice.
“These guys (gunmen) need to get some work. Trust me they need to do better and stop make people have to go through all of these problems,” added the woman.
Sources told OBSERVER ONLINE that at least four gunmen were involved in the attack on the security team at the bank.
Footage, which has gone viral on social media shows two men armed with high powered weapons making their escape with a bag presumably containing cash.
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