Woman held at knifepoint in post office robbery
![Dalin Township post office after robbery](https://i0.wp.com/taiwanenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/post-office-1.jpg?resize=800%2C444&ssl=1)
A man grabbed a female volunteer worker and held her at knifepoint until staff handed over a stack of cash in Chiayi County today, May 7.
Shortly after 4:00 pm this afternoon, a man wearing an open-face helmet and a face mask, walked into a post office on Zhongshan Road, Dalin Township. When a female volunteer stepped forward to take his temperature, as required under epidemic prevention regulations, the man pulled out a knife, grabbed the woman, and shouted “robbery!”
The post office manager, fearing that the volunteer may be harmed, immediately took an NT$100, 000 stack of bills and put it on the counter.
The robber let the woman go, grabbed the cash, and fled.
![security cam footage of armed robbery of Dalin Township, Chiayi county post office](https://i0.wp.com/taiwanenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cam-1.jpg?resize=660%2C494)
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