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23/07/2004
Two women attacked during robbery
Two women have been attacked during an armed robbery in Co Armagh last night.
The women were in the house on the Black Island Road, near Loughgall, when three men broke in at around 5pm.
The men, who were armed with a handgun, tied both women up and demanded money before ransacking the house.
Police said the attackers had Russian accents and were driving a car with an Irish Republic number plate, later found burnt out in Loughgall.
The women sustained cuts and bruises during their ordeal but otherwise were unharmed.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
(MB)
The women were in the house on the Black Island Road, near Loughgall, when three men broke in at around 5pm.
The men, who were armed with a handgun, tied both women up and demanded money before ransacking the house.
Police said the attackers had Russian accents and were driving a car with an Irish Republic number plate, later found burnt out in Loughgall.
The women sustained cuts and bruises during their ordeal but otherwise were unharmed.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
(MB)
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