Two armed robberies in one night

TWO armed robbers hit a betting shop at around in the early hours of yesterday in Paphos, making off with €855 after threatening the shop’s 19-year-old female employee with a gun.

The robber happened at around 12.40am. At the time there were four customers in the betting shop one of whom the robbers pushed to the ground. The other three plus the employee were made to stand with their backs up against the wall.

According to police reports the men were wearing woolly scarves and hoods. They also spoke in broken English. Both robbers are described as being around 1.65m in height with slim build.

Another armed robbery took place a few hours later in Nicosia, at around 4am in a bakery. According to the bakery’s employee, who was cleaning up at the time, a young man with a knife stormed into the bakery, took the metal cash box from the counter and then made his escape.

Police reports claim that he is slim built, around 1.90m in height and was wearing a hat at the time and glasses.

 

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