2020 Chongqing National Bank Heist

The 2020 Chongqing National Bank Heist (2020重庆中华银行抢劫 lit. 2020 Chongqing Chunghwa Bank Robbery) was an armed confrontation that took place on September 21st 2020, in the Yuzhong District of the Provincial Capital of Sichuan, Chongqing in the Republic of China. Two police officers were killed, and all 10 robbers but one were killed. The intervening Red Lotus Triad had 10 deaths, the rest were arrested.

At China time (GMT +8) 12:37pm, a group of men approached the bank from a hot pot restaurant opposite of the bank, armed with automatic weaponry such as AR-15s, Type 56s, and some with a Type 79 submachine gun. Nearby patrolling officers responded to the scene not much later, to be fired upon from inside of the bank, prompting the responding officers to call for more backup.

The robbery
At China time 12:37pm, 10 men went into the National Bank Chongqing branch, and brandished automatic weaponry. The men killed a security guard, and subdued the remaining security guards in the area with plastic straps. Two robbers stayed outside to guard against law enforcement, while 4 were inside of the atrium of the bank, while the remaining 4 were opening the vault. According to a bank clerk being held hostage, the robbers had brought "a laptop with many peripherals" that could "open the door quicker than a bomb". The four robbers obtained 3.6 million yuan from the vault, while there was 30,000 yuan from the teller bank.

CCTV of the area was transferred to the Chongqing 110 center, which dispatched a patrol car to investigate the occurrence. When the lookouts spotted the patrol car entering the street, they radioed their accomplicces inside of the bank "鬼子进村了! (The Japs have entered the village)", which was a presumed codename if the police had arrived. The robbers immediately exited the building, and started firing weapons at the patrol car. The officers inside of the patrol car had sidearms, and a shotgun and an semi-automatic rifle with them, but disembarked with no visible weaponry. When the two officers approach in a 20 meter radius of the bank, they received automatic gunfire from inside of the bank, retreating to the location of their patrol car. The officers called for assistance for nearby units. By 1pm, more than 15 patrol cars and 40 officers were on-scene at the bank. The robber continued to return fire. At 1:13pm, a shot from Sergeant Zheng Wenfeng's 9mm sidearm struck one of the robber's forehead, later identified as Qiu Wuhao. The remaining officers fired an estimated total of 1500 bullets into the police vehicles and surrounding cityscape. The local police administration authorized the deployment of Wei-An operatives, which arrived at the scene at roughly 1:20pm.

At 1:34pm, a unidentified black van appeared and picked up the robberies. At this time, two more robbers were killed, respectively by a 9mm and a 5.56mm bullet to the nape and under the ear. However, the robbers, while fighting their way to the van, discharged grenades at the law enforcement. The black van lead the police on a district-wide chase of 15km, until a spike strip disabled the van's ability to move at 2:57pm.

The manhunt
Police were unable to locate any of the robbers, until a CCTV camera picked up the robbers in an apartment at 7:13pm, sorting their belongings and their stolen cash. The robbers promptly exited the building, but were faced by a group of unknown men, later identified as triads of the Red Lotus Triad. The robbers opened fire, to be returned with fire from the triads.

At this time, an officer who was attempting to enter the apartment was blown up by a booby trap set by a robber. The officer, Yuan Zhenbao, was sent to the hospital and was pronounced dead the way on the hospital. In the ensuing firefight, 5 triads were killed by Wei-An and other authorities. During this firefight, 3 more robbers were killed, respectively Ma Chuguang, Zhang Wen and Marcus Leung. The remaining 3 robbers retreated to a rooftop, where the triads held them on siege. Police detained 10 triads, while the others were met with death from officers due to retaliation.