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Thursday, September 2, 2021
Police arrest would-be bank robber who threatened to blow up building
A woman has been arrested in Haifa after threatening to blow up a bank.
Police are questioning the 31-year-old woman, who claimed to be wearing a suicide vest. The incident came as she attempted to rob a bank.
Police say the woman may be an employee at the bank. Sappers are at the scene to establish whether she is carrying explosives.