2 guards hurt in failed bank robbery bid
Armed robbers made a failed attempt to rob the Islami Bank Satkhira branch at Pransayer in the town on Tuesday night.
Two night guards of the bank were seriously injured while trying to resist the criminals.
The gang entered the bank on the second floor of Islamia Market after breaking the window at about 2:00am, police quoted the night guards as saying.
The robbers, who had brought gas cylinders and wielding machine to break the vault of the bank, stabbed the guards indiscriminately as they tried to resist, injured guards Nazrul Islam and Khalilur Rahman, now undergoing treatment at Sadar hospital, told police.
But the robbers failed to break the vault and could not take cash or other valuables, said Abdus Sabur, manager of the bank branch.
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