Armed robbery in Riyadh

[gallery size="medium" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" td_gallery_title_input="Armed robbery in Riyadh" ids="129324,129325,129326,129327"] By Mishal Al-Otaibi RIYADH – Two employees of a company that transports money sustained bullet wounds after they were shot at by unidentified gunmen, who ran away with a booty of cash, according to the spokesman of Riyadh Province Police Col. Fawaz Al-Maiman on Sunday. The injured were taken to the nearby hospital. Col. Al-Maiman confirmed that the security authorities are continuing their investigations. The police stressed that they will spare no effort in apprehending the armed robbers. Eyewitnesses said that three people blocked the path of the armored truck transporting cash at mid-day (Dhuhr) on Sunday in Al-Raed District in the northern part of the capital, Riyadh. They fired gunshots at the company’s employees and robbed them of cash said to exceed SR2 million. The staff were injured in the broad daylight shooting and were taken to the hospital.