Tanzania: Grenade-Toting Robbers Grab Millions From Bank

Shinyanga — A six-man gang, toting hand grenades and sub-machine guns mounted a daring raid at a bank in Shinyanga yesterday and made away with a reported Sh10 million.

During the dramatic incident that started at about 11.30am inside the Maswa branch of NMB Bank, one of the robbers was shot dead and another one arrested by police as four others escaped with their loot. The whole espisode lasted nearly an hour.

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