Armed robbery at kiosk

AN ARMED robber yesterday made away with around €1,800 after holding a kiosk owner at a gunpoint in Nicosia.

According to the police, the incident took place at a little after 3 am, when a man wearing a balaclava stormed into the kiosk brandishing his gun and grabbed the shop’s two tills, while the young female employee looked on, before running out into the night.

The employee told police the robber was of small build and around 1.65 metres tall. Nicosia CID is investigating the case.

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