Thieves invade Surubim and four bank branches burst

About 50 gunmen invaded the city of Surubim, 119 kilometers from Recife, in Agreste, Tuesday at dawn (10), to simultaneously attack four bank branches. With rifles and machine guns, the attackers arrived in eight vehicles, terrorizing the population, before detonating the branches of Bradesco, Santander, Banco do Brasil and Caixa Econômica Federal

. install bananas with dynamite at the main entrance of the seats. One of the victims, who reportedly refused to hand over the vehicle to the robbers, was shot in the leg and hospitalized at the city's hospital. They also set fire to a strategically-stopped vehicle at the door of the 12th Military Police Battalion to prevent the pbadage of the PMS, who nevertheless responded by firing. Witnesses said the thugs shot more than ten minutes. Several large cartridges were seized in the middle of the street.

After having access to the banking terminals, the group fled to the city of Santa Cecília, Paraíba. We do not know how much was stolen by the gang. Police say that only two of the banks had ATMs damaged by explosives. The prime minister is patrolling the region and neighboring towns to try to locate the band members, but so far no one has been arrested. Police said the lawsuit was similar to the badault on the Brinks security company, located on Avenida Recife in Estancia, Zona Oeste do Recife, in February last year.