It happened in the Mall Plaza Egaña shopping center, in the commune of La Reina. They were dressed in white overalls.
A violent assault generated terror this Sunday in a mall in Santiago de Chilewhere criminals entered to steal dressed in white overalls and escaped being shot.
everything happened in the Mall Plaza Egaña shopping center, in the commune of La Reina, in the center of the city. About eight thieves arrived at the scene with the aim of robbing a store selling technology products.
According to the first information, at least one carabiniere who sought to prevent the assault was at the scene. Faced with this situation, the criminals fled to the shots in two cars that were waiting for them in the parking lot of the shopping center.
As can be seen in security camera videos, two thieves were injured, for which they had to be assisted by their accomplices. They failed to rescue one of them and left him lying in the parking lot.
Faced with the shots, the shopping customers panicked and they started running around the mall Looking for a place to hide.
According to media in that country, the shots were fired both inside and outside the mall. So far no injuries have been reported among customers.
“Eight armed individuals entered, with their faces covered, in overalls, armed with pistols, they threw us to the ground, they stole everything they found. They took out bags and bags,” said a Chilevisión journalist who was at the scene.
Another witness who was in the Mall Egaña added: “They went in and out with weapons. What is very striking is that they were with radios and they indicated something, if the police were coming.”
According to the BioBio outlet of that country, the Mallplaza security deputy manager, Horacio Graniffo, indicated that upon detecting the presence of the thieves theyand activated all security protocols and that helped the Police act quickly.
“Shopping centers and malls are places for family recreation. We need the authorities to urgently speed up all the initiatives that are being processed, in order to counteract this unprecedented wave of crimes,” added the assistant manager.