Police hunt kiosk raiders

NICOSIA police were yesterday seeking two men who tried to rob a kiosk at gunpoint.

The owner told police two pistol-wielding men entered the shop at 9.15pm on Friday and demanded cash.

Fifty-year-old Elli Constantinou refused to hand the money over and instead hit one of the thugs on the hand with the telephone handset. The raider fought back and hit her in the face with his pistol and fled the kiosk empty-handed on a motorbike with his accomplice.

Constantinou was taken to Nicosia hospital where she was treated for lacerations and released.

The men were described as slim, 1.69 metres tall, and 20 to 25 years of age.

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