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12/06/2009
Masked Man Uses Butchers Knife To Rob Local Newsagent
A man armed with a butchers knife has robbed a newsagents on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast.
At around 8pm last night a masked man entered a shop near Lendrick Street and pressed a knife against a shop assistants throat.
The robber escaped with money and cigarettes.
He is described as being in his early 20s, and was wearing a hooded top with a white mask.
No-one is believed to have been injured in the incident.
(CD/JM)
At around 8pm last night a masked man entered a shop near Lendrick Street and pressed a knife against a shop assistants throat.
The robber escaped with money and cigarettes.
He is described as being in his early 20s, and was wearing a hooded top with a white mask.
No-one is believed to have been injured in the incident.
(CD/JM)
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