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This is Seven News Network and we bring you breaking news of a bank robber downtown
Where the First World Bank has just been struck by
What is believed to be the greatest heist in recent years

Only hours ago, just before the lunch hour rush
Four men entered the bank building through the main door posing as bank customers
The accomplices, which have yet to be identified by the police, were heavily armed
And managed to remain undetected by bank security

Having located the bank manager, they forced him to relinquish a server room skeleton key
Security forces are unwilling to comment at this point, but inside sources indicate
That the manager may have sustained fatal injuries during the robbery

In this server room, in what appears to be a hollow photo copier
An unknown accomplice had hidden drilling equipment
As well as several canisters of what sources describe as thermite
A chemical compound commonly used by elite military units
To break through hardened metal surfaces

The drilling equipment was then used to force the locks of the gate
Blocking the way to the underground high-security vault area
Having gained access to the vault area, the four accomplices proceeded to ignite the thermite
In a space directly above the storage vault

While the robbers emptied the vault of an unknown amount of cash
Security forces arrived, surrounding the building and cutting off all exits and escape routes
At this point, it was believed that the bank robbers
Who held hostage several bank customers and officials
Would try to initiate negotiations with the authorities
Instead, they executed what appears to be a carefully designed escape plan

Using plastic explosives, the robbers blew a hole in an interior wall
Creating a concealed escape route via an adjacent office building
Into an unmonitored stairwell

Police and forensics are still examining data, but concede
That there are currently no leads on the escaped assailants