A man threatened Geelong bank staff with a knife and demanded cash before fleeing empty-handed in an attempted armed robbery this afternoon, police have alleged.
Staff told police a man entered the Bendigo Bank branch with his face covered about 2.20pm before brandishing a knife and demanding cash.
But the unknown man fled the bank on foot when its alarm sounded, police said.
Police cordoned off the bank and parked several marked and unmarked cars nearby as plain-clothes detectives investigated the scene.
Police were hunting for the man in central Geelong and interviewing bank staff as the Indy went to press on Thursday afternoon.
Armed Crime Squad detectives from Melbourne were travelling down to investigate at the same time.
None of the bank’s staff sustained injuries in the incident.
Shoppers continued to moved through the city unperturbed as the investigations continued.
Police urged witnesses or anyone with information on the incident to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to make a confidential report at crimestoppers.vic.com.au.
