{"id":5991,"date":"2025-04-04T10:58:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T10:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/police-hunt-armed-robbery-suspects-after-bank-heist-in-western-greece\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T10:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T10:58:26","slug":"police-hunt-armed-robbery-suspects-after-bank-heist-in-western-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/police-hunt-armed-robbery-suspects-after-bank-heist-in-western-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Police hunt armed robbery suspects after bank heist in western Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1266182\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock-police_car-320x200.jpg?v=1689761766\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock-police_car.jpg?v=1689761766\" alt=\"Police hunt armed robbery suspects after bank heist in western Greece\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock-police_car-960x600.jpg?v=1689761766\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>File photo. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Police have launched a manhunt for at least two suspects involved in an armed robbery at a bank in the town of Katohi, near Messolongi, in western Greece.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at 10.30 a.m. on Friday. According to reports, two masked individuals stormed into the bank, brandishing firearms and threatening employees. They held both staff and customers inside the branch for an extended period while attempting to access the bank\u2019s safe.<\/p>\n<p>After successfully opening it, the suspects fled the scene with a large sum of cash \u2013 reportedly amounting to several hundred thousand euros. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are also investigating the possible involvement of a third person who may have acted as a lookout outside the bank during the heist.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1266182\/police-hunt-armed-robbery-suspects-after-bank-heist-in-western-greece\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo. Police have launched a manhunt for at least two suspects involved in an armed robbery at a bank in the town of Katohi, near Messolongi, in western Greece. The incident occurred at 10.30 a.m. on Friday. According to reports, two masked individuals stormed into the bank, brandishing firearms and threatening employees. 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