Kiosks robbed

AN ARMED robber yesterday held a Nicosia kiosk employee at gunpoint before making off with €600 in cash, police said.

The incident occurred at around 2.40am. Police said a stranger entered the kiosk holding a gun and stole the money from the kiosk’s two cash machines and ran off.

The assailant is described as normal build, 1.80 metres tall and was wearing a black hood, white mask and combat clothes.

Meanwhile an hour and 20 minutes earlier three youngsters entered another Nicosia kiosk and sprayed the female employee in the face before stealing €300 from the cash register and taking off.

The trio are described as normal build and between 1.70 and 1.80 metres tall. All three had hidden their faces with scarves and hoods and were wearing black clothes and jeans, said police.

Nicosia CID is investigating both incidents

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