About 30 people attending service also robbed
SAO PAULO, Brazil – An armed gang with guns invaded an evangelical Assemblies of God church in Várzea Paulista, a city of 100,000 40 miles from São Paulo, on Friday. According to police, 30 people were attending a service at the church when the crime occured.
Brazilian Church (photo: panoramio.com)
According to witnesses, speaking on the TV Tem network news, during the service six men burst into the church and announced the robbery. The robbers went person to person demanding wallets, cell phones, watches and jewelry.
After finishing with the parishoners, the robbers turned their attention to the pastor forcing him to open the church safe and making off with about $15,000 dollars. Police suspect the gang had inside information. No arrests have been made.
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