Bandit shoots self after robbery

POLICE were up to late evening checking with the medical institutions to locate one of two bandits who robbed the Tunapuna branch of Western Union at on Friday night.

Around 7.25 pm two masked men brandishing firearms entered the Western outlet located at Food Masters Supermarket, Eastern Main Road, Tunapuna. The men held up a Sentinel security officer and robbed him of his .38 revolver. They then robbed a cashier of close to $100,000. Investigators said the bandits escaped on foot.  However, while escaping one of the bandits accidentally shot himself on the foot. The police are appealing to medical institutions to be on the lookout for anyone seeking attention for a gunshot wound. No arrests had been made up to late evening and Cpl Baptiste of the Tunapuna Criminal CID is continuing investigations.