Gunman attacks cash vehicle in Osaka, snatches 5 mil. yen

Gunman attacks cash vehicle in Osaka, snatches 5 mil. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Police examine a cash vehicle (foreground) from which a gunman armed with a revolver snatched 5 million yen near a branch of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. in Osaka on Oct. 5. The man attacked the cash vehicle shortly after it arrived at the bank branch's rear entrance.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001086374
  • Registered date
  • 2001/10/05 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2001 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1713 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.12(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Man throws 1 mil. yen cash from Nagoya tower

    Man throws 1 mil. yen cash from Nagoya tower

    NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows part of U.S. dollar bills which a 26-year-old unemployed man from the city of Gifu, central Japan, threw from the observatory of Nagoya TV Tower on Dec. 23. Police said the man threw at least 1 million yen worth of U.S. dollar bills and old Japanese banknotes ''to pass on may gains from stock investments'' to the public.
      Motorcyclists steal 75 mil. yen from money transport vehicle

      Motorcyclists steal 75 mil. yen from money transport vehicle

      TOKYO, Japan - Police investigate a robbery site in Tokyo's Ginza district Dec. 20 where two men stole a bag containing about 75 million yen from a money transport vehicle (C). One man drove a motorbike (in front of the vehicle in photo) in the vehicle's path to make it stop, while the other man broke the glass of the vehicle's rear window and grabbed the bag of cash from the back seat. The two sped away on a different motorbike, the police said.
        Robbers shoot 2 guards, steal 10 mil. yen at bank

        Robbers shoot 2 guards, steal 10 mil. yen at bank

        YOKOHAMA, Japan - Policemen check the site where a group of three or four men shot two security guards at a Shonan Shinkin Bank branch in central Yokohama on Aug. 21 and stole about 10 million yen from a cash-transporting vehicle before they fled.
          Group breaks into home, steals 100 mil. yen

          Group breaks into home, steals 100 mil. yen

          TOKYO, Japan - Four or five men broke into a company manager's house (pictured) in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Dec. 16 and stole about 100 million yen in cash after binding the manager, his wife and daughter. The men entered the house around 4 a.m. and threatened Mitsuo Komiya, 51, with a stun gun, saying, ''Money, money.'' They forced him to open a safe and took the money away, the police said.
            2 men attack cash car in Osaka, steal 50 mil. yen

            2 men attack cash car in Osaka, steal 50 mil. yen

            OSAKA, Japan - Police examine a car used to transport money in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture on Sept. 28 from which two men stole a duralumin case containing some 50 million yen. They attacked the car around 9:15 a.m. in front of the Shimomatsu branch of Senshu Shinkin Bank.
              31 mil. yen stolen in attack on cash transport vehicle

              31 mil. yen stolen in attack on cash transport vehicle

              CHIBA, Japan - Police officials investigate near a cash transport van in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 19, from which about 31.1 million yen in cash and checks were stolen earlier in the day. The vehicle was stormed by four or five men when two security guards returned to the car after collecting cash from the Kamogawa office of Sagawa Express Co.
                Man steals 46 mil. yen, fatally shoots 1

                Man steals 46 mil. yen, fatally shoots 1

                TOKYO, Japan - Police examine a car left behind by a man who fatally shot a credit association employee and stole 46.06 million yen in cash in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Dec. 29.