Trio with Kalashnikovs use women as human shields

Three hooded robbers armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles yesterday took two women hostage during a raid on a branch of National Bank in Amfikleia, near Lamia in central Greece, which netted them 250,000 euros. The robbers, who had been wearing bulletproof vests, grabbed the women – a bank clerk and a customer – and used them as human shields to flee from the bank. They released the customer outside the bank and forced the clerk into a stolen Skoda in which they made their getaway before letting her out of the car two kilometers away. Neither of the women was hurt. The three perpetrators were still at large late last night.