In Cairo, third major armed robbery in under two days

[DeadGuy]

In Sharm el Sheikh:

Wed, 08/02/2012 - 14:02:

Police in Sharm el Sheikh aborted an attempt to rob the Nema Bay branch of Credit Agricole bank in Sharm, executed by 4 masked gunmen in a yellow Jeep.

The force assigned to secure the bank have confronted the men who had machine guns, exchanged fire with them, which left officer Ahmed Fawzy injured.

Gamal Fawzy, head of the bureau of investigations in South Sini province, said that the police have successfully aborted the attempt of the armed robbery, and that efforts are maximized to arrest the gunmen, adding that officer Ahmed Fawzy was shot twice in his foot.

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I REALLY hope that the guy didn't just shoot himself in the foot

[hurghadapat]

Originally Posted by bat

My daughter said in the Arabic newspapers they said the HSBC robbers were drunk!!!
And they used 4x 4 so it would have been easier to sell the car as 150 000 divided by 5 and who ever else in volved, is not much,
I also think the amounts in all of these robberies stated may be a bit exaggerated, who these days leaves lots of cash around in all r
The shops I go to trying to change 200 le is a bit of a drama as there money is collected at various times to stop this from happening so I'm thinking maybe a few pork pies floating about!!
Bat

Think you are thinking in uk mode....egyptian banks and also branches of thomas cook that i have ever gone into have always had piles of money on display behind the counter and apart from thomas cook most of the banks didn't even have a glass security screen...must also say that was in Hurghada and not Cairo.

[canuck2010]

No kidding, I was in HSBC business section a while ago to cash a check, the teller just opened an unlocked drawer and it was full of stacks of 100's USD. I felt rather poor at that sight.

[bat]

Originally Posted by hurghadapat

Think you are thinking in uk mode....egyptian banks and also branches of thomas cook that i have ever gone into have always had piles of money on display behind the counter and apart from thomas cook most of the banks didn't even have a glass security screen...must also say that was in Hurghada and not Cairo.

They were drunk Geordies !!
And whose to say the money was real and not counterfeit , there's a lot of that going around.

[aykalam]

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces said they found the body of Hany Louka, the executive financial manager of Siemens in Egypt on Tuesday morning after he went missing for four days.

The body was found, mutilated and burned along with his car in October 6 City, outside of Cairo.

Police said a Jordanian woman and an Egyptian pharmacist are behind the murder.

The two convinced Louka to come to October 6 City in an attempt to rob him and when they failed, they killed him, cut of his hands and feet and burned the body and dumped it in the desert, police reported.

Louka, 45, went missing after he drove his wife to the airport last week, and his family had notified the police, who conducted an investigation and search until the body was found on Tuesday.

The head of the criminal investigation unit, General Mahmoud Farouq, said the two suspects were arrested after the car and the body were found. An autopsy is under way to investigate the cause of death, while the prosecution questions the suspects.

So far the investigation found that the victim met the two suspects about one year ago in a hotel in Cairo and they tried to borrow money from him, but when he refused, they planned to rob him.

Instead, they murdered him.

Egypt’s Hany Louka of Siemens found murdered - Bikya Masr

[hhaddad]

Police have thwarted an attempt by armed men to rob customers leaving a branch of the National Bank of Egypt in 6 October City, Ahram's Arabic portal reports.
On Thursday morning, three employees of appliance manufacturer Goldi exited the bank and were driving away when they were intercepted by four armed men in another car, who opened fire in an attempt to stop them.

The three Goldi employees were carrying LE150,000 (approx. $25,000) they had just withdrawn from the bank, says Ahram's report.

Police officers stationed in front of the bank exchanged fire with the would-be robbers and forced them to flee the scene.

No one was hurt in the attempted robbery. Police are still hunting for the assailants.

Thursday's attempted robbery follows a string of bank robberies in Egypt over the last two weeks.

On Wednesday, security guards foiled an attempted armed robbery at a branch of French bank Credit Agricole in the resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh.

Tuesday saw another failed robbery attempt on a branch of HSBC-Egypt, also in 6 October City on the western edge of Cairo.

Early the previous week, seven gunmen successfully stormed an HSBC-Egypt branch in Heliopolis, northwest Cairo, seizing up to $150,000 in cash.

Bank customers dodge October City armed robbery - Economy - Business - Ahram Online

[hurghadapat]

Originally Posted by bat

They were drunk Geordies !!
And whose to say the money was real and not counterfeit , there's a lot of that going around.

Now Now...lets have a little bit less of knocking the Geordies. we are a canny lot really.