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LA robbers strap bomb to bank manager, force her to raid bank
A manager made employees take money from the bank and leave outside for the robbers to collect, under the threat of a bomb that might explode to her stomach.
Police bomb specialists were able to remove the device from the woman and later detonate it in the street.
Two robbers in Los Angeles strapped a bomb to a bank manager's stomach, forcing her to order bank employees to take money from a Bank of America branch and leave outside for the robbers to collect.
As the police search for the two gunmen, authorities in Los Angeles said the pair kidnapped the woman and held her overnight before attaching a device to her body.
The victim - manager at a Bank of America branch in the city - told investigators she was snatched from her Huntingdon Park home on Tuesday evening.
The robbery was carried out the following morning when she was taken to her bank wearing the device.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Capt Mike Parker told local television that the raiders told the woman that she was wearing explosives.
The manager made employees take money from the bank and leave it outside where the robbers could collect it.
Police bomb specialists were able to remove the device from the woman and later detonate it in the street.
