Unknown people attacked a branch of Bank of Georgia in Gldani district of Tbilisi, reports Novosti Georgia.

The criminals broke into the bank’s branch located near Akhmeteli metro station. Witnesses say there were three male robbers.

During the attack, the bank’s officers managed to press the alarm button, and police officers of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived at the scene of the crime in a minute.

The robbers and police officers shot at each other. Rustavi 2 states that shots were fired at the display windows of several stores and cars parked nearby. According to preliminary data, nobody suffered from the shootings.

The attackers got into a car and fled the scene.

There is information that they also took a young female hostage. Nobody knows if they had managed to steal money.

Currently, there are a lot of patrol cars parked near the Bank of Georgia branch, and cynologists and criminologists are at the scene.