Robbery in Larnaca kiosk

THE handbag of a kiosk employee was snatched in front of her eyes by two men in hoodies at around 2:30am on Wednesday from the kiosk on the Larnaca-Dekelia road.

According to the police, the 25-year-old employee from Romania saw the two men grabbing her bag when she came out of the storeroom behind the cash register.

She ran after them but one of them held a knife and threatened her. In the bag were personal items and only €10.

The police will try to identify the two men from the kiosk’s closed circuit surveillance cameras.

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