3 men rob KFC outlet in Manila

MANILA, Philippines — Three armed men robbed an outlet of a popular restaurant in Manila of P100,000 worth of cash earnings and valuables past midnight Tuesday, police said on Wednesday. A report by investigators from the Manila Police District’s Theft and Robbery Section said the robbers posing as customers entered the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) branch at the corner of España Boulevard and P. Campa Street in Sampaloc, Manila, at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday and even ordered a meal before announcing a holdup. Cresencio Agang Jr., the lone security guard detailed at the fast food outlet’s entrance, told police that one of the robbers pointed a gun believed to be an Uzi at him and took his.38-caliber service pistol. “Wag ka nang gumalaw at mabilis lang 'to [Don’t move. This will not take time]," Agang quoted one of the robbers telling him. Having disarmed the guard, the robber then took the outlet’s cash earnings amounting to P95,000 from the vault and also took the cellular phones of branch assistant managers Joselito Manguerra worth P6,000 and Chatherine Andrade worth P15,000, said a report of Senior Police Officer 3 Dionilo Cinco. Chief Inspector Benigno Macalindong, MPD Theft and Robbery section chief, said they would review a copy of the closed-circuit television camera recordings of the fast food branch to help identify the robbers. - GMANews.TV