Two killed during attempted multimillion-dollar heist at airport in Chile

An armoured truck is cordoned off by police tape at the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago (Karin Pozo, Aton Chile via AP)

A security officer and a robber have been killed during an attempt to steal more than 32 million dollars (£27m) in cash from a plane at an airport in Chile’s capital Santiago.

Around 10 heavily armed robbers were able to beat security measures to reach the runway at the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport, where a Latam airlines aircraft from Miami had 32.5 million dollars in cash that was being transferred to an armoured truck, interior subsecretary Manuel Monsalve said.