Guard shot dead in RM20,000 bank robbery

Saturday October 27, 2007

AMPANG: A security guard was shot dead when a robber, armed with an automatic pistol, robbed a bank in Taman Muda, here.

The guard, Kamaruzzaman Hussin (pic), 36, was shot in the head and the armpit. He died at the Ampang Hospital an hour after the 9.35am incident.

The robber, in his 20’s, wearing a helmet and jacket, walked into the Public Bank after it opened for business and fired a shot near one of the counters.

Kamaruzzaman returned fire with his pump gun and in the subsequent shoot-out, the security guard was hit and he fell. The robber then ordered a cashier to hand over the money.

Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Mazlan Mansor said the robber fled on a motorcycle after taking RM20,450. It is learnt that at least eight shots were fired during the robbery.

The entire robbery lasted just one minute and 20 seconds. There were between 10 to 12 customers in the bank during the robbery. None were harmed.

At the Ampang Hospital here, Kamaruzzaman’s wife Sriwati Kasim, 26, said she was shocked to hear that her husband had been killed.

“We were planning to go back to Kuantan tomorrow (today) for his younger brother’s wedding,” she said, adding that Kamaruzzaman had worked as a security guard for the past 11 years.