Gunmen rush into Bank of Georgia branch, fire at guards

Several armed gunmen rushed into the Gldani Bank of Georgia branch earlier today in an attempted robbery and exchanged shots with security guards. Witnesses say they heard 10 shots at least.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs says that nobody was injured.

As of now, there has been no report of missing money," police say.

The gunmen are being sought by police. 

One of the cars at the scene. Photo: 1TV. 

An investigation has been launched for burglary, the illegal purchase and the possession or arms and the illegal deprivation of liberty.

A source told IPN agency that the attackers stole a car with two people in it several hours before the incident and brought out a young girl and a boy with their hands and legs tied near the bank.

The incident took place in the sixth micro district of Gldani, on the outskirts of Tbilisi.