Young man brought weapon into store to rob and escaped in 27 seconds

On the evening of January 13, Lien Chieu District Police, Da Nang confirmed that the authorities had received initial information and were investigating and clarifying the above incident.

Initial information, at around 12 noon on January 13, a young man with his face covered, riding a Suzuki motorbike, carrying weapons believed to be mines and guns, stormed into a Viettel store on Nguyen Luong Bang Street, Lien Chieu District, Da Nang.

The store where the robbery took place is currently closed.

Here, this young man used a weapon to threaten the female employee of the store, Ms. H. (born in 1992, residing in Lien Chieu district), forcing Ms. H. to give money from customers who had transacted at the store during the day. After robbing an amount of about more than 40 million, the young man got on a motorbike and escaped.

According to people in the area around the store, at the time of the incident, the store security guard was in the restroom. When he heard the screams, the security guard ran out but the young man who had entered the store to rob had already escaped. The security guard then took the weapon, believed to be a mine, and threw it into the open space, but it did not explode.

The store security guard said that according to the information extracted from the security camera, the young man entered the store, robbed and escaped in just about 27 seconds. The security camera clip has now been received by the police to serve the investigation.

The case is currently being investigated and clarified by the authorities.