WATCH: JN provides counselling after security guard killed in Portmore robbery
JN Bank says counselling is currently being provided to employees and members who were at the JN Bank Portmore Pines branch in St Catherine during Monday morning’s fatal gun attack on security personnel delivering cash to the location.
The bank made the announcement in statement Monday afternoon, adding that the company is “saddened” by the incident which it said occurred about 9:03 am.
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Reports are that brazen gunmen shot two members of the Berrylium security team before escaping with an undetermined sum of money. One security guards died on the spot, while the other was rushed to the hospital.
JN Bank stated that none of its employees was physically harmed during the incident.
It said the branch has been closed and members of the public who usually do business at the location have been advised to conduct their transactions at other JN Bank locations in Spanish Town, Linstead and Old Harbour, or at Sovereign on the Boulevard on Washington Boulevard in St Andrew.
Persons may also conduct their transactions online via JN Bank LIVE or at the nearest JN Bank ATM, the bank said.