31.   While the FBI maintains that there is no stereotypical bank robber, some crime experts insist that bank robbers are among the dumbest thugs going.

32.   Police patrols then laid ambushes at street intersections where the alleged robbers were expected to pass through.

33.   Police believe the robbers are members of a Russian organized crime ring.

34.   Police believe the robbers are part of a gang that stole gold from churches in western Honduras six months ago.

35.   A bank robber was very particular about what he wanted from a teller, police said.

36.   A police intelligence officer said the robbers were likely to be members of the Kuratong Baleleng, judging from their ruthless style of operation.

37.   An investigation showed that another robber was already inside the bank when the others entered and shot another guard inside, said Manila police chief Hermogenes Ebdane.

38.   But Maganto said the motorcycling robbers were just as daring and ruthless as some of the groups involved in previous robberies.

39.   In other cases, the robbers were choosy.

40.   Infuriated slumdwellers assumed robbers were responsible and set fire to a quarter of the slum, which they called a den of thieves.