28/04/2003

Church helpers robbed in east Belfast

Police in east Belfast have appealed for information after two church helpers were robbed at a bank on Sunday night.

The two men were lodging money into a bank on the Upper Newtownards Road in Dundonald at around 9pm when they where attacked by two masked men.

One of the helpers was hit on the head with a stick while the other suffered a head injury after falling over a wall.

The robbers escaped with a bag containing an undisclosed sum of cash and cheques.

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