9 Killed in Philippine Bank Robbery

[_Cathy_]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/...s_bank_robbery

By OLIVER TEVES


MANILA, Philippines - At least eight bank employees and a security guard were lined up and shot dead in the head Friday in a bloody Philippine bank robbery, police said. Another employee was in critical condition at a hospital.

The victims were found sprawled out on the floor of a branch of the Rizal
Commercial Banking Corp. in the town of Cabuyao in Laguna province, south of Manila, after customers alerted authorities when the bank failed to open as scheduled, said chief police Superintendent Ricardo Padilla.
"This is the handiwork of the devil and we will not let this pass," Padilla said. "They were killed in a gangland-style execution. Each of the victims shot in the head while lined up."

He said two security guards were missing, leading authorities to suspect they were involved in the robbery. It was not immediately clear how much money was stolen.

Padilla said the robbers could have used silencers, because residents in the area heard no gunshots coming from the bank.
Bank Vice President Edwin Ermita told The Associated Press the assailants tried to hide the body of the security guard under a tarpaulin in the rear of the bank.

Laguna provincial police chief, Felipe Rojas, said a vehicle owned by one of the bank employees was used by the robbers to escape. It was later recovered several miles away and will be checked for fingerprints, he said.
He said the victims, including two inside the open bank vault, were shot point-blank.

Empty handgun shells were recovered on the bank floor, and a shotgun believed to be owned by the slain security guard was found outside, he said.
Bank robberies are common but rarely as deadly in the Philippines. Rojas said this was the worst in the country's history.

[ghosthunter]

The robbers who did this should be tied up, painted with honey and then left on top of an anthill be eaten alive.

[CVT]

What's happening to our country?

These bankrobbers should receive the same measure....

6000:mobile:

[niky]

Sh*t talaga... the last survivor is at our hospital right now... this thing happened just two f*cking towns away from my house...

[Zeus]

Once caught, they should be executed in a very painful manner, chop their *** organ, then put it inside their mouth then put them inside a big drum with their head sticking out of the water and cook them alive!

[SELEGNA_35]

my condolences to the VICTIMS and the wrath of GOD to the bank ROBBERS!!

[TJMaxx]

It was an inside job most probably perpetrated by the branch's own security guards. Why else will they kill everyone inside the branch if not the robber/killer was known to them and did not want anyone alive to pinpoint them.

A similar thing happened before. Sa umaga palang at hindi pa nagbubukas yung bangko, nandoon na sa loob ng branch yung mga robbers. Accomplice yung night security guard at pinapasok niya yung mga kasama niyang magnanakaw. Pagdating nung mga empleyado sa umaga, isa isa silang tinali at kinulong sa loob ng vault. In that incident, many years ago, at least walang pinatay. Pero dito sa RCBC it was gruesome. When I first heard it over the radio, pumasok nga sa isip ko na baka Abu Sayyaf ang may kagagawan dahil sukdulan ang kahayupan.

I worked in a bank before as a branch officer. Ang bilin sa amin noon, pag naholdap kami ay ibigay kaagad yung pera tutal insured naman yun.

Meron kami noon nang mga armored trucks na in-attack ng mga bank robbers using grenade launchers. There were travelling tellers and security guards who were slain in there.

Its scary working for a Bank.

[step22]

just watched news grabe naman dami krimen ngyari today. nakakatakot na eh parang unsafe na dito sa pinas.
sana mahuli agad mga robbers na yun.

[KJ627]

Once caught, they should be executed in a very painful manner, chop their *** organ, then put it inside their mouth then put them inside a big drum with their head sticking out of the water and cook them alive!

ang masama nga lang sa pinas, pag pinahirapan ang mga taong halang, kalaban mo naman human rights... hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit minsan kasi mas binibigyan pa nila ng karapatan ang mga masasama kesa sa mga biktima.. kaya hindi takot ang mga iyan gumawa ng masasama.

[KJ627]

Once caught, they should be executed in a very painful manner, chop their *** organ, then put it inside their mouth then put them inside a big drum with their head sticking out of the water and cook them alive!

just watched news grabe naman dami krimen ngyari today. nakakatakot na eh parang unsafe na dito sa pinas.
sana mahuli agad mga robbers na yun.

tama ka diyan.. kakatakot na sa pilipinas.. help mga mamang pulis!!!!! maging visible kasi kayo!!!!

[legend2destiny]

Damn, Pagnahuli line them up :massbounce:for firing squad!!! Ah, money the root of all evil, :old:peace!!!

[Isuzoom]

Putong inamoy nyo mga kawatan!!! naka reserve na ang bath tub nyo sa impyerno!!! Sana sa senate at congress nyo ginawa ang ka demonyohan nyo!!!

[bulits]

sa tabi lang ng main gate ng LISP nangyari yan. Dyan ako dumadaan everyday dahil dyan ang work ko. dumaan pa ako ng mga 8:30 am dyan kahapon pero wala naman akong napansin na may nangyayari na palang kaguluhan sa loob. sumalangit nawa ang kaluluwa ng mga biktima.

[C#@RD]

execution style, pinapila muna sila then headshot isa isa.

dami na talagang di parehas dito sa pinas.

[buriroy]

We really are living in dangerous times bros!

Something as mundane as going to the bank to
transact business is now a life threatening
proposition.

Let's all be extra careful and pray fervently
that we shall never be "at the wrong place
at the wrong time".

[[archie]]

grabihan nga yung nangyari diyan... pati janitor tinira! sana mahuli at pahirapan sila... not just death, but death with pain!!!

[_Cathy_]

that's why I hate going to the bank. so sad really.

[chua_riwap]

Talagang inubos sila, para walang makakilala sa kanila..... Halatang inside job. Pero merong isa, na buhay pa, in critical condition nga lang. Sana, "makatawid" siya. At siya lang siguro ang makapagsasabi kung sino yung mga sumalakay sa bangko.

[BackSpace]

magkano ba talaga na tangay nila.. wala ako ma confirm na report at yung CCTV sira ba talaga?

[chua_riwap]

Here's the latest......

Namatay na rin pala yung supposed to be "lone survivor". Mga halang talaga ang kaluluwa..... Mukhang malaki yung na-loot nila. Imagine, worth P3M pa yung naiwan nilang naka-kalat pa sa loob ng RCBC bank.

Walang life imprisonment! Dapat dito sa mga bank-robbers na ito, sa death penalty agad! Mga p**ang na nila!


May 18, 2008
ABS-CBNNews.com

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage...StoryID=118624

(UPDATE) 10th victim in deadly RCBC heist dies

A bank employee who was in critical condition after he was shot in the head during a deadly robbery in Cabuyao, Laguna died in the hospital two days after the bloody incident, the head of the security department of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) confirmed Sunday.

In a phone interview with ABS-CBN News, Edwin Ermita said bank employee Isagani Pastor was declared dead by his attending physician at St. James Hospital in Laguna at 10:30 a.m.

Pastor was the lone survivor in the robbery-murder incident that killed eight RCBC employees and a depositor during Friday’s deadly bank heist at the Science Park in Cabuyao. With Pastor’s death, investigators are left with only one individual who could identify the robbers.

Police said they were working on the composite sketch of the gunmen based on the statement of the bank’s female courier.

The other victims were identified as Roberto Castro, Ferdinand Antonio, Teresita Umayam, Noel Miranda, Juan Layva, Bernardo Lapaan Jr., Baltazar Aguilando, Olga Gonzales and Benjamin Nicdao. The bodies of the seven victims, including bank manager Castro, were discovered inside the building while the body of security guard Aguilando was found outside.

All 10 victims were killed when still unidentified suspects robbed the RCBC branch at Science Park Friday morning. Police believed that only one of the still undetermined number of assailants shot the victims.

Investigators said the robbers were already inside the RCBC when the employees reported for work Friday morning. Police said the robbers shot the employees in the head, which gave investigators suspicions that the victims knew the assailants.

The assailants also destroyed the bank’s cameras and alarms.

Investigators recovered 17 empty shells from .45 pistol and some live ammunitions from M16 from the crime scene. The suspects also left about P3 million strewn on the floor of the bank as they escaped, police said.

Police are holding in custody two security guards for their possible role in the deadly robbery in Laguna. The security guards, however, denied that they were involved in the robbery.

Senior Superintendent Felipe Rojas Jr., Laguna provincial police director, said the two "are not considered suspects yet but they are witnesses."

RCBC officials, national and local officials, families and friends of victims of the bloody killings and robbery have offered a P2-million reward for any information leading to the suspects' arrest.

President Arroyo has also ordered Philippine National Police chief Avelino Razon Jr. to "investigate the matter thoroughly,"

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Arroyo was "fuming" and "dismayed" over the brazenness of the attack on the victims. "It was definitely a work of the devil."

Razon has created "Task Force RCBC" to go after the perpetrators.