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LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE

SHAWVILLE – Police are still looking for the perpetrator(s) behind the attempted bank burglary which targeted the Shawville National Bank on June 24.

Marc Tessier, Media Relations Officer for Sûreté du Quebec (SQ), told the Journal they received a call at 12:30 am, the same time the bank’s security alarm was triggered. However, by the time officers arrived at the scene, the suspects had vanished.

“[At this time,] it is unclear if they acted alone or in a group; it could be one or two people,” he said.

The attempted burglary left the bank with a damaged wall that the perpetrators tried bringing down to gain entry. It is unknown if they were armed and the nature of the tools used to damage the wall also remains a mystery. Nonetheless, the efforts to force entry were significant enough to trigger the bank’s security alarm.

“The identity of the suspects is unknown for the time being; however, the investigation is ongoing,” Tessier concluded. It is not known if police have retrieved security footage from the bank.

The Shawville National Bank declined to comment.