(2015-06-05) A shooting involving agents of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) and a group of armed robbers caused panic yesterday morning in the downtown city of Beira, in Sofala, where the gang had planned an assault on the headquarters of the Millennium bim bank.It all hapenned around 10 am on Thursday.
The firefight lasted about 10 minutes. The PRM officers gunned one of the four members of the group and arrested two others, but the fourth member on the group, even wounded in one arm, managed to escape at the wheel of someone else's car that was parked with the engine on at 500 meters from the site of confrontations.
According to eye witnesses, it hall appened at about 9.30 am, when two Toyota Runx brand vehicles parked opposite Millennium bim Beira headquarters, where they would, minutes later, attempt to block a car driven by a woman who presumably had just cashed money from the bank.
Micajo Lino and João Augusto told ‘Notícias’ that it was when the thieves wanted to rob the woman that the corporation's agents opened fire on them, forcing them to abandon the two vehicles and fight back, eventually generating a stir, with people fleeing in disarray for safety.
The police would find four AKM type weapons inside the two cars.
As a result of the shooting, a citizen by the name of James, who at the time was leaving the bank was injured by a stray bullet.
The head of the public relations department of the PRM Command in Sofala, Daniel Macuácua said that the Police was still working to clarify the case .
Source: Notícias
Photo: A Bola