- Footage has emerged of two masked bandits robbing a bank last Thursday
- Police have released images of the incident at Bendigo Bank in Laverton
- One of the bandits was wearing a mask popularised by the film V for Vendetta
Shocking footage has emerged of two thieves wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and a balaclava robbing a bank in country Victoria.
Police have released images of the incident at Bendigo Bank in Laverton, last Thursday.
In the video the man wearing the mask, popularised by the film V for Vendetta, has a hi-vis vest on and appears to be brandishing a sawn-off shotgun.
Shocking footage has emerged of two thieves wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and a balaclava robbing a bank in country Victoria
The men storm into the bank and order people onto the ground before one of them kicks a machine to gain access to cash
The men storm into the bank and order people onto the ground before one of them kicks a machine to gain access to cash.
‘Investigators have been told two unknown men entered the business on Aviation Road shortly before 10am,’ Victoria Police said in a statement.
‘The two men, believed to have been carrying a firearm, have then made demands for cash.
‘The offenders have then stolen an amount of cash, before fleeing east on Aviation Road in a silver Nissan Pulsar that was parked nearby.
The car drove along Central Avenue in Altona Meadows and was recovered a short time later.’
Anyone with any information is urged to contact Victoria Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
In the video the man wearing the mask, popularised by the film V for Vendetta, has a hi-vis vest on and appears to be brandishing a sawn-off shotgun
Police have released images of the incident at Bendigo Bank in Laverton, last Thursday