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BRAVE MONEY EXCHANGER SHOOTS BURGLARS, WOUNDS TWO
AMMAN, MAY 2 (KUNA) -- A MONEY EXCHANGER HAS FOILED A BID BY THREE IRAQIS
TO BURGLARIZE HIS SHOP IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN THE JORDANIAN CAPITAL.
THE CITY POLICE CHIEF, BRIGADIER BASHIR AL-MAJALI, SAID THE TRIO TOOK THE
MAN BY SURPRISE AT HIS SHOP, LOCATED NEAR AL-HUSSEINI MOSQUE IN A CROWDED
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THE GUNMEN ORDERED HIM AT GUNPOINT TO COLLECT ALL BANKNOTES IN HIS
POSSESSION, ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN 250,000 JORDANIAN DINARS.
BUT THE MONEY EXCHANGER, WISAM GHAZI AL-BAKRI, QUICKLY BRANDISHED A PISTOL
IN THE FACE OF THE THIEVES AND OPENED FIRE TWICE, HITTING TWO OF THEM. THEN,
HE PUSHED A CLANDESTINE SECURITY BUTTON, LINKED UP WITH THE POLICE OPERATIONS
ROOM.
THE POLICE FORCES, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ALERT, CHASED THE THIEVES AND
CAPTURED THE WOUNDED BURGLARS. THE THIRD ESCAPED. (END)
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