“Prisoners” in SBERBANK

27 inoffensive customers held in one of the branch banks.

Tula, October 15, the panic button was pressed by mistake in one of the branches of the Sberbank office.

All doors and windows closed automatically and people were trapped inside the building. The police detachment came about 10 minutes later and during half an hour frisked people inspected the building. People lying on the dirty floor were frightened and angry.

“I am absolutely disappointed by work of the employees of this high-qualified and well-known Bank! Can you imagine in our time people don`t feel safe even in such a  place! And police behaved really harshly and my bag is broken! Awful! It is really awful!”, said one of witnesses later.

         After all people frisked the police examined workers and the head of the branch. Customers were not allowed to leave the building and just waited till the end of the operation. About 40 minutes later the head of the branch apologized for the inconvenience caused and said it was a false alarm. The belongings were returned to their owners.

As it turned out, one of the employees of the Sberbank  accidentally pressed the alarm button, and confessed in it only during talking to the police. The woman will be reprimanded in private and will pay a fine. The amount is not specified.

Also, “a big fine threatens the bank branch”, said one of the workers of Sberbank.