Local media in Georgia say an armed man who held dozens of people at a bank in the west of the country has escaped. Police say they freed 43 hostages after a tense standoff that started on Wednesday. The assailant is reportedly armed with a hand grenade.
Al Jazeera’s Robin Forestier-Walker has more.
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it was near the election period, in the pandemic where government can not lockdown because their win in election is more important, so they needed another “attention remover” act and so done.
Best way of getting money from these greedy incompetent political elites…
While giving innocent people severe mental trauma and phobias for the rest of their lives.
TOUGH TIMES AND SO YOU WILL SEE CRIMES LIKE THIS MORE. THIS PANDEMIC VIRUS IS CAUSING A LOT OF POOR PEOPLE TO BE EVEN POORER. IT’S ALSO CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WORLDWIDE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE DESPERATE AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO SURVIVE.
HOPE THEY NEVER CATCH HIM.
THE HOSTAGES ARE ALL SAFE, ALL ALIVE AND BECAUSE HE BANK GOT INSURANCE ON THE MONEY.
look at this guy’s gear, he’s not a poor guy
Georgians will blame It on Russian.
I ALSO AND BELIEVE THAT HIS GET AWAY VEHICLE WAS VERY CLOSE BY. GREAT WORK AND ESPECIALLY IN A DEATH AND TOUGH TIMES LIKE THIS…😋😋🤣🤣😅😳😳😬😬🤣😂
ties with the police chief of course
100% not fake
Money heist season 5🤭
Good. I’m happy he got away
I really appreciate how the government of Georgia save the life of the hostage’s they give what the demand of terrorist for the sake of the hostage’s inside the bank
there are actually people on social media we are not happy with that..
bank gave money not government
Ok same time next week mate
GTA V starting scene 😂😂😂😂
Looks like an ex military…..
yup, random gansgter do not behave that way
Nah, the georgian military are famous for dropping weapons and running fast
All the criminals are running to russia. during the soviet days no criminal would dare run to russia.
no one hurt
Happy ending
If this was someone who shouted Allahuakbar and did everything he did, he would have been on every newsoutlet by morning
Beautiful 👍 love it
What to there is good reputatiOn as it is mostly used by isis and other terror outfit. So cannot change mondset of others..btw. what are ur opinion of isis and other teror oitfit sir
I bet u bro
@Biobele actually no need to answer a stupid Satan worshiper
If he shouted allah akbar he would have blown up
Should have followed him with a drone.
Zero hostage dead? Those police value lives above money. I think I mostly heard about some hostage always end up dead in the past.
Potty on georgia 😂😅😀😂
He must had been an agent from Georgia government and they let him safe pass, so latter the president will use the money to campaign next election and the bank robber will be his deputy.
nah oligarch from lurer party just spend 15 million of election campaign which coming in 31 this month. also they spend 150 million on covid restrictions(not in hospitals), and we had not first wave yet 😀
👌👊
Now if you use your brain the robber is prob def a cop /ex cop or government trained military he knew exactly how the police deal with the situation involving hostages also knowing this he will never be caught as least he’s not going to appear on world’s most dumbest criminals lol I so wish they would make a show called world’s most smartest criminals tho half the world’s governments people would be on it
Bank Lives Matter….
Lmao! This guy is the real thug. Kudos to you for actually getting away with it man!
Hostages’ reported that he was a nice guy BTW 🙂
He is an ex-military
Georgia Done The Right thing. Human life are more important than money
True but with 500,000$ gone many people are going to be affected in the hundreds
Looks like a clip ,Inspired from Hollywood movie ..executed well ..
money is just money, life is far more important. he might have escaped but at least no family is mourning their dead.
In the USA they would have killed 5 wounded many officers and that’s just a gas station robbery 😄
This could be made into a film.
Welcome to Hollywood movies
Now some idiots somewhere around the world would copy his blue print😂🤣
Stalin made a bank robbery in Tbilisi in 1907.
@giorgi SOVIET GEORGIA! Rebs yleob she biji
@XDumo რა იყო პატარა ბიჭი?
@XDumo რატომ უზრდელობ? გგონია შენზე ნაკლები გინება ვიცი>?
@giorgi SOVIET GEORGIA! patara ara siri soviet georgia ro gaweria eg kaia stalinma saqartvelos mosaxleoba mokla da ugalata mis qveyanas
@XDumo აზრზე არა ხარ არაფრის ბევრი იკითხე და ნუ იმეორებ კაპიტალისტებმა და ნაბიჭვარი დასავლეთის პროპაგანდას ზეპირად
მოკლა არა კვატა
Boss
This would never happen in india, goverment would a surgical strick.
Indian traffic is so bad,that robber will never arrive at the bank on time.
Does this incident have anything to do with the war in Karabakh?
They have been practice with watching Money Heist and Playing GTA 5 before they do it.
I am surprised the Georgia government did not switch sides in favor of the robber
This looks excellent like in the movie.
Bank itself has been robbing people off.
I’ve seen how the bank ruined so many lives with auction.
500k sounds a bit low to be honest
He is dead, if anyone believes that he was let out in the woods free then you need to wake up.
Easy way to be rich and protect himself from suicide
This forsure have played grand theft auto v lol 😂😂😂
Finally it’s movie it’s real…money heist movie motivation I guess
This guy was inspired by professor in money Heist.. but how on earth was he able to attack the bank alone.. he must be a nave seal
He was kind robber,he gave everybody a food,and he asked people if they were hot,then he will turn on the air conditioner 😆
Did he actual ?
@Dan Ewing yes, he did. one older women asked him also, hey my kid let me out i am not good here, and he let her out
Find out, maybe he went to Azerbaijan.🤔
The police are apart of this. Let’s say they are 4 road to escape. Police could have setup trap, like explosive. Police should have been in different spots on the road with communication links. But no the police chief brain is dead. This is a planned event by the police.
I just wanna going to there
Iwas one of hostages
I am so sorry that happened to you
tell us about the guy, sounds pretty badass, did u stockholm on him?
new gta 5 update is really sick, can’t wait to try it!
Fun fact: As hostages said, at first he was aggressive, but than everything calmed. He started to communicate and joke with them and even demanded meals for hostages. He also asked for 500$K and also helicopter or car and safe exit.
he took 4 million $ including 500k police gave to him
Defo has military background. Look at how he moves!
He is a Russian Spy.
Ballz of steal
All this for 500000? What a joke..this was more than just one man. What a lawless country for letting it’s criminal go ..that is not law enforcement. This guy was connected.
This is the funniest Bank robbery i’ve ever seen 🤣🤣 guy robs a bank only to find out there is no money and then asks for Half a Mill🤣🤣 then he manages escape, wow this is better than the “Inside Man” 🤣🤣
On his way back to serbia.
I love how some COUNTRYS stage RUBBERY
Dead man walking, that was ballsy why lie
Now I wanna steal
With a little help from the police. Everyone got their cut
“Scam in Tbilisi”
He got a big stimulus check lol.
Seriouly, is like movie come to real life
It was the professor
He must have seen Heist. 😱
Wa..so its really happen just like in the moviee..
The good guys don’t always win but somehow this guy won
I’m I the only one who doesn’t exactly know how to feel, I’m a little happy that this guy, a total stranger is 500,000usd richer wow lucky soab
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was the culprit christian?
🤑😂👍🏾
That’s called earning your money. He’s more honest than the government. Run Forrest
I would like to rob a bank some day,
Am I the only one cheering the bank robber to escape?
Wow we Georgians went internationally 🤣🤣🤣
Good show ole boy!
What a heist
Low budget bank robber
Just print another money done clear everbody happy
Small thief stole money from the big thiefs
Wow…. Some one actually learned a thing or two from LA casa de papel
They need a leader like duterte in their country.
If this was Russia, MiG will run over the bank building, gunner and hostage.. 😂
What a Good script…. For a 🎥
What a joke
The most important of them all is that no life was lost, we can make money as long as we are alive, but life can’t be replaced…
Well done
Bet he was Russian
he was georgian (mingrelian)
🤣🤣 so the cops didnt send an undercover to tail the guy sounds really stupid or an inside job they know him personally.
Ad georgian chef police share the money with the rober 💰💰✌️
TV shows like money heist influence robbers big time
Gunmen or aterrorist
a real movie
If that robber sees this comment my cashapp is $Its50centt ❤️
He was DB Cooper Jr, doing the same exact thing like his father.
Probably the Police captain was involved somehow, gonna get his cut.
What a terrible police force lol
Made out of legos police
Wait for the movie next year by Brad Pitt