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24/04/2015
Two Women Attacked In West Belfast Car Hijacking
Two women have been attacked by a gang of men during a car hijacking in west Belfast.
The women, in their 50s, were sitting in a Vauxhall Astra in McDonnell Street at around 1.30am on Friday.
A gang of four men approached the car, opened the doors, assaulted the women and ordered them out of the vehicle.
They drove away in the direction of Cullingtree Road.
The car was later recovered by police in Quadrant place.
The women received minor injuries and were very badly shaken.
(CD/MH)
The women, in their 50s, were sitting in a Vauxhall Astra in McDonnell Street at around 1.30am on Friday.
A gang of four men approached the car, opened the doors, assaulted the women and ordered them out of the vehicle.
They drove away in the direction of Cullingtree Road.
The car was later recovered by police in Quadrant place.
The women received minor injuries and were very badly shaken.
(CD/MH)
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