rauke
October 19, 2009, 03:13 AM
Here’s one for the mall ninjas…
This story was forwarded to me by a friend in Manila. It occurred barely 30 hours ago in the premier shopping mall of the Philippines’ central business district.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20091018-230745/1-killed-1-hurt-in-mall-robbery
To sum it up, six heavily-armed robbers decked in bomb squad uniforms forced their way into the high-end section of the shopping complex and proceeded to rob the Rolex store on the ground floor just around lunch time. They were accosted by two plainclothes cops who happened to be on the second-floor walkway overlooking the Rolex store, and a shoot out ensued.
The bad guys had the advantage in firepower---five M-16 rifles, various handguns, and a grenade launcher. The plainclothes cops had only .45 pistols, but had a good positional advantage. When fired upon, they had only to step back from the edge of the concrete walkway to escape return fire.
Final tally?
Robbery cut short. One bad guy dead, one bystander injured. Cops both safe.
Reports indicate that the armed robbers simply lost their nerve in the face of armed resistance.
Analyze this!
This story was forwarded to me by a friend in Manila. It occurred barely 30 hours ago in the premier shopping mall of the Philippines’ central business district.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20091018-230745/1-killed-1-hurt-in-mall-robbery
To sum it up, six heavily-armed robbers decked in bomb squad uniforms forced their way into the high-end section of the shopping complex and proceeded to rob the Rolex store on the ground floor just around lunch time. They were accosted by two plainclothes cops who happened to be on the second-floor walkway overlooking the Rolex store, and a shoot out ensued.
The bad guys had the advantage in firepower---five M-16 rifles, various handguns, and a grenade launcher. The plainclothes cops had only .45 pistols, but had a good positional advantage. When fired upon, they had only to step back from the edge of the concrete walkway to escape return fire.
Final tally?
Robbery cut short. One bad guy dead, one bystander injured. Cops both safe.
Reports indicate that the armed robbers simply lost their nerve in the face of armed resistance.
Analyze this!