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Armed robbery of the toy-store Jumbo in the Athenian neighborhood Pangrati was attempted by two criminals late afternoon yesterday. The store is located at the corner of Embedokleos Str. and Filolaou Str.

Initial information was that the criminals were holding one hostage– one of the security guards; later on, however, it became clear that the the hostages may actually be two- the security guards transferring to the bank the store-cash at which the criminals were aiming. The customers, among whom there were also children, managed to escape the building. At first the ravishers and the hostages were at the first floor of the store; later on they moved to the fourth floor.  

Powerful police forces and numbers of ambulances participated in the rescue operation.