11/01/2006

Two women assaulted in Bangor robbery

Two women in their twenties have been assaulted during a robbery in Bangor.

Police said that two men entered the off-licence on the Rathgael Road area of the town and struck one woman in the face and pushed the other into a wall.

The men then fled in a waiting car taking with them an undisclosed sum of money and a quantity of alcohol.

The PSNI stopped a car some time later and arrested five men who are believed to be in connection with attack.

(EF/SP)

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