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Western Union officials in Fiji are worried about the safety of their staff after being hit by a second robbery in two weeks.
Four masked men today took $20,000 cash from a Western Union branch near the Post Fiji building in the capital Suva this morning.
Branch manager Steven Narayan said the four men entered the shop with knives and beer bottles.
“It was around 10:45 this morning when the four masked men entered our shop and threatened the teller by smashing the beer bottle on the counter,” Narayan told FijiLive.
“One of them jumped over the counter and took a bag which had $20,000 cash. They got away in a vehicle with the registration number DN 182. We alerted the police but they got to the scene half an hour later.”
Narayan said the company had lost $80,000 in two weeks after thieves broke into their Laucala Beach branch and stole $60,000 last week.
“We’re on the robbery target right now and it’s sad to see that we’ve lost about $80,000 in two weeks. Thieves managed to get into our Laucala Beach branch from the roof and again what happened this morning has triggered us to tighten our security as the staff lives is also at risk.”
The Post Fiji building branch will remain closed until further notice.
