Gang raid on casino was ‘like movie’

FIVE masked raiders armed with knives and an axe stormed a Birmingham casino on Easter Sunday.

One terrified customer said the ordeal was ‘like something out of a movie’, as the five men raided the Genting Casino in Norfolk Road, Edgbaston just after 9pm.

The armed men demanded cash from staff and stole a wallet from a customer before escaping in a VW Golf.

Customer Syrika Sejhal told how she was having dinner when the men burst into the casino on the corner with Hagley Road.

“We had just sat at down at the table and could hear loud screaming and everyone running everywhere, only to get up and see 5 or 6 masked men with guns, machetes and hammers.

“They screamed at us and told us to lay down on the floor while snatching phones off people and headed for the casino cash desk. It was like something out of a movie.”

West Midlands Police are now appealing for information about the robbery in which a large amount of cash was stolen.

Anyone with information is asked to contact DC Lee Reeday at Bournville Force CID on 101.