Gunman hunted after bank raid at EU headquarters

Belgian police were this afternoon hunting an armed robber who carried out a raid on a bank inside the European Parliament’s headquarters in Brussels.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2009 - 19:21

Belgian police were this afternoon hunting an armed robber who carried out a raid on a bank inside the European Parliament’s headquarters in Brussels.

MEPs and parliament staff were ordered to stay in their offices after a man wielding a gun vaulted the counter of the ING branch on the ground floor and demanded money.

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