Traders shaken over crime committed in broad daylight
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KUALA LUMPUR: Armed robbers fired a shot at a jewellery store near Jalan Sentul here before making off with the loot in a car.
It is learnt that three masked men entered the jewellery store at around 11.20am yesterday, catching the attention of onlookers.
Sentul OCDP Asst Comm Zakaria Pagan said two of the robbers aimed their guns at the store employees while shouting at them to take the trays out of the display cases.
It is learnt that one of the armed robbers fired a shot to scare the employees.
“The employees removed a few trays of jewellery from the glass cases before the robbers bundled the loot into a gunny sack.
“Some of the loot fell out as they rushed out of the store for the getaway car,” said ACP Zakaria.
“The eight employees of the store were unharmed,” he said.
Onlookers said that an accomplice was waiting in the car during the heist.
Zainab Ibrahim, 55, said the incident had left her shaken.
“I froze when one of the robbers shot at the store. All I could do was look at them as they took off with the loot.
“No one dared get in the way out of concern for their lives,” she said.
The food vendor, whose stall was situated near the jewellery store for the past 30 years, said this was the first time that the premise was robbed.
A 64-year-old laundromat owner, who wishes to be known only as Chong, said the surrounding stores rolled down their shutter doors as soon as they heard the gunshot.
Sources said the stolen loot was estimated to be worth at least RM1mil.
However, ACP Zakaria said that police have yet to determine the exact amount of losses incurred in the robbery.
