Police arrested Armed Robbers within Minutes (Watch Video)

Sharjah Police have arrested two African men within minutes of their audacious armed attempt to rob LuLu hypermarket on AL WAHDA Road in Sharjah.

Brigadier Mohammad Rashid Bayat, director of Sharjah Police Operations, said, ”The police received a call about two masked men attacking the hypermarket staff, following which we reached the site in record time. Both the robbers were arrested.”

According to video footage shared by Gulf News, the two masked suspects attacked the hypermarket’s cashiers and tried to flee with the cash box. But the hypermarket staff put up a fight. With the police rushing to the scene, one of the suspects was immediately arrested. The other who managed to run away was also nabbed by the CID in less than 5 minutes. Prompt action by the police ensured there was no escape.

An eye witnessed told that the robbers attacked the staff at the hypermarket’s payment Counter 17 which was among the six counters at the rear of the market.

Two staff members sustained minor injuries while resisting the robbers. They received treatment immediately.

Sources said the staff that put up a valiant fight was able to restrain one of the robbers with the cash box.

In the video, the two suspects can be seen entering the hypermarket wearing masks and hoodies to hide themselves from cameras. One of them, who appear to be wielding a butcher knife, confronts a security guard, while the other has a hammer-like object, with which he repeatedly hits the cash machine. A shopper, a man with an infant in the shopping trolley can be seen near one of the cashiers. After seeing the robbery unfold, the man grabs the child and runs away.

Meanwhile, the cashier, after initially backing off, confronts the suspect, holding on to him and not letting go despite receiving several blows from the suspect. Other staff members come to the employee’s aid and together manage to subdue the suspect. The other suspect with the weapon can be seen hesitating to strike the cashier who held onto his accomplice before making a dash and disappearing from the view of the camera.

Credit goes to the cashier on counter 17 who confronts the suspect by holding on to him and not letting him go anywhere, Sharjah police too reached at hypermarket within minutes after receiving call, later within 5 minutes the CID arrested the second runaway robber.

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