PRAGUE, Czech Republic — A daring midday armed robbery Aug. 14 stunned staff and students at International Baptist Theological Seminary in the Czech Republic.
Three gunmen reportedly burst into the seminary’s accounting office during the lunch hour and held a staff member at gunpoint before fleeing on foot with the U.S. equivalent of approximately $11,700 in cash and a mobile phone, IBTS officials reported.
The thieves bound and gagged accounting assistant Tereza Kvasnickova, holding a gun to her head as they removed money from the save. Kvasnikova, who told police the gunmen addressed her in Russian, received medical treatment for shock, but was not physically hurt.
Seminary Rector Keith Jones said the seminary community was “devastated” by the robbery, noting the campus “has not experienced this type of crime in this part of Prague.”
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