A Los Angeles County Sheriff bomb squad member signals after rendering safe an explosive device threat outside a Bank of America branch (© Damian Dovarganes/AP)

Thieves strap bomb to bank manager and get her to rob bank for them

9/5/2012

No, this was not part of a big Hollywood drama, this was real life. A bank manager in Los Angeles was kidnapped by two robbers who then strapped what they said was a bomb to her body and instructed her to go in and rob the bank where she worked. Police say the woman was abducted Tuesday and held overnight and then dropped off at the bank with instructions to rob it. She did so, explaining the situation to her coworkers and throwing money out the front door to the ski-mask-wearing thieves. The bomb squad was able to disarm the device without injuring the woman, but the two men are still on the loose. [Source]

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