Holdup and Hostage Taking in BDO SM Dasmarinas

 Update from GMANews.tv

One security guard was killed and another was wounded after armed men allegedly robbed an armored-van at a mall in Dasmariñas town in Cavite province before noon Monday.

According to the dzBB radio report, around five armed men, with an undetermined number of lookouts outside the mall, reportedly fled with an estimated P4 million to P5 million in cash.
The initial investigation showed that the personnel in the armored van were reportedly about to load money into an automated teller machine (ATM) when the armed men declared a holdup and shot the guards when they tried to resist.
The report did not immediately identify the injured guards.
The police described the armed men as “brazen” because they reportedly were not wearing masks to hide their identities.
The police have set up checkpoints at the town’s borders in hopes of intercepting the robbers.
There has been no official statement yet from either the bank or the mall.
Mall operations have gone back to normal at around 2:00 p.m. on Monday.