He threatened to stab and escaped with the money in a paper bag: a young man suspected of robbing tens of thousands of shekels in Afula
Ben Nachmani, a resident of the city, entered the branch holding a sharp and old object.
Nachmani went to the reception and demanded that the clerk hand over money to him.
The clerk handed him several packages of NIS 21,000.
He escaped with the money and was arrested shortly afterwards by the police. His detention was extended and an indictment will be filed against him on Wednesday.
Eli Ashkenazi
02/01/2022
Sunday, 02 January 2022, 16:40 Updated: 16:51
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In the video: Documentation of a robbery at the Post Bank branch in Afula (Walla system!)
A prosecutor's statement was filed today (Sunday) against Ben Nachmani, 23, of Afula, on suspicion of robbing a branch that robbed a branch of the Postal Bank in Afula and took packages totaling tens of thousands of shekels.
The suspect fled and soon after the police got their hands on him.
His detention was extended today, until Wednesday, at which time an indictment will also be filed against him.
The robbery occurred last Thursday, when Nachmani entered the post office bank branch while holding a sharp object in his hand and a cloth bag.
He wore a corona mask, wore sunglasses and gloves.
Nachmani went to the reception desk and demanded that the clerk hand over money to him.
The frightened clerk handed him several packages of NIS 21,000.
Nachmani took some of the packages and escaped.
The locked doors of the branch made it difficult for him to escape and he managed to get out after smashing one of the doors.
In his escape, the sunglasses fell inside the branch.
Police arrived at the scene and apprehended him shortly afterwards.
His detention was extended several times in the Magistrate's Court in Nazareth.
His detention was extended again today, until Wednesday, when he will also be indicted by the Northern District Attorney's Office.
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The police said that "the Israel Police considers any violation of public safety and property to be serious and will use a variety of investigative means, overt and covert, in order to locate those criminals and bring them to justice."
In recent years, Post Bank branches have become sought-after destinations for robbers;
In August, a branch of a post office bank in Bat Yam was robbed, under knife threats, which the robber seized.
Last April there was an attempted robbery of a post office bank branch in Rosh HaAyin.
Two masked men tried to rob the place with threats of a gun and tear gas.
In the past, robberies of post office bank branches have ended in murder.
Nine years ago, David Mashashvili was shot dead in Upper Nazareth in an attempt to prevent a robbery he encountered.
He was shot to death by an unknown man who fled the scene.
To this day, the murder has not been solved.
In 2007, Shimon Farjun, deputy director of the city's post office, was shot dead in Safed.
He was shot by unknown individuals who robbed the post office bank branch.
This murder has not been solved either.
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