Ten hostages tied onto car roofs in armed robbery in Sao Paulo

Bank robbers strapped hostages to the top of their getaways vehicles after a raid in the southern Brazilian city of Araçatuba.

Police said that at least three people were killed, among them one suspect.

Officials said more than 50 people took part in the heist, blocking off roads with burning vehicles and placing explosive devices across the city.

Large-scale bank robberies have become more frequent in recent years, with hostages used as human shields.

The mayor of Araçatuba, Dilador Borges, said police had struggled to intervene.

"The police can't go on the attack, they can't confront them because there are too many lives on the line," he told Band TV.

He said he did not know if the robbers had freed the hostages yet but said the security forces had retaken control of the city centre.



A gang of heavily armed men attacked three banks in the centre of Araçatuba in the early hours of Monday local time.

After the robbery, the gang took a number of hostages and surrounded the local military police station. Gang members also blocked key access roads into the city by setting cars alight, local media reported.

Record TV journalist Yuri Macri posted video he said showed two of the getaway cars. The first has a person tied to its roof and another to its hood, while in the second, a person can be seen crouching on the hood.



Video clip on Twitter here...


https://twitter.com/yurimacri/status/1432210171711922182


And another here...


https://twitter.com/thalespatrizzi/status/1432207940627410945




https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-58382410

This is fukking madness!

Haven't you heard about South American Indians? They are quiet inventive, when it comes to killing.

Tommy Monk wrote:


Bank robbers strapped hostages to the top of their getaways vehicles after a raid in the southern Brazilian city of Araçatuba.

Police said that at least three people were killed, among them one suspect.

Officials said more than 50 people took part in the heist, blocking off roads with burning vehicles and placing explosive devices across the city.

Large-scale bank robberies have become more frequent in recent years, with hostages used as human shields.

The mayor of Araçatuba, Dilador Borges, said police had struggled to intervene.

"The police can't go on the attack, they can't confront them because there are too many lives on the line," he told Band TV.

He said he did not know if the robbers had freed the hostages yet but said the security forces had retaken control of the city centre.



A gang of heavily armed men attacked three banks in the centre of Araçatuba in the early hours of Monday local time.

After the robbery, the gang took a number of hostages and surrounded the local military police station. Gang members also blocked key access roads into the city by setting cars alight, local media reported.

Record TV journalist Yuri Macri posted video he said showed two of the getaway cars. The first has a person tied to its roof and another to its hood, while in the second, a person can be seen crouching on the hood.



Video clip on Twitter here...


https://twitter.com/yurimacri/status/1432210171711922182


And another here...


https://twitter.com/thalespatrizzi/status/1432207940627410945




https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-58382410

That's some crazy shit..

Between the firepower and the hostages, not much the cops or anyone can do.

That really is some fukked up shit.