21/01/2009
Hostages Held by Tyrone Raiders
A woman and her child were held hostage by raiders in Co Tyrone last night while her partner was forced to hand over a number of legally-held firearms to the gang.
Two masked raiders, one of them armed, forced their way into a house in the Castlestrange area of Strabane.
They ordered the man to drive across the nearby Irish border and hand over the weapons in a church car park in Corcullion, Co Donegal.
They subsequently released his partner and child, who are said to be shaken, but unhurt.
(DW/BMcC)
Two masked raiders, one of them armed, forced their way into a house in the Castlestrange area of Strabane.
They ordered the man to drive across the nearby Irish border and hand over the weapons in a church car park in Corcullion, Co Donegal.
They subsequently released his partner and child, who are said to be shaken, but unhurt.
(DW/BMcC)
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