31.   In addition to the cash, the robbers took a cellular telephone and a walkie-talkie before escaping, Thompson said.

32.   In Lagos, banks shut early on Friday or never opened for fear that robbers would take advantage of the absence of police from the streets.

33.   The robbers also took surveillance tapes.

34.   The two robbers took a hostage and fled in a stolen car.

35.   Near the town of Weimar early Monday evening, the robbers took fresh hostages.

36.   Police could not tell if the robbers actually took money from the bank.

37.   SWAT teams and sharpshooters surrounded a Los Angeles bank on Tuesday after a robber took around seven people hostage in a botched heist, police said.