A mobile phone shop in northern Vietnam was held up by two men armed with a knife and what appeared to be a gun on Saturday.
Three shop employees, who complied with the robbers’ demands, were unharmed during the ordeal.
According to footage of the robbery uploaded to Facebook, the incident lasted around four minutes, from 2:38 pm to 2:42 pm on Saturday afternoon at The Gioi Cong Nghe (IT World) mobile store in Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province.
Two men, both wearing face masks and armed with a knife and what appeared to be a gun, entered the shop together, threatening two employees inside.
No customers were present at the time of the robbery.
The employees, who were held at knifepoint, were forced to the back of the store where another employee was sitting at a computer.
One of the robbers stayed in the back room to watch over two of the employees, while his accomplice led the remaining staff member to the front of the store, demanding that she open the store's cabinets so that he could take the phones on display.
After completing their crime, the two robbers forced the employees into the toilets before they fled the scene.
Footage of the armed robbery at The Gioi Cong Nghe mobile store in Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province, May 27, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Tran Trong Thuc, chief of the Tien Du District Police, confirmed to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Sunday that an armed robbery at a local mobile shop had been reported.
Thuc offered no comment on the incident, and said investigative units were still taking statements from the employees and collecting more evidence of the crime.
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