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02/09/2005
Woman dragged from car during hijacking
A woman has been treated for shock after she was dragged from her car in west Belfast on Thursday.
The victim was in her silver Ford Focus car at the Westwood shopping centre at about 9.45pm when she was approached by thieves armed with a handgun.
They then proceeded to drag her by the hair from the vehicle before making off in the direction of the M1 motorway.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
Elsewhere on Thursday, two pipe bombs were thrown at a house in Co Armagh.
Officers were called to a house in the Festival Road area of Portadown where they found a broken front window and two devices on the floor.
No-one was in the house at the time and only minor damage was caused.
Army bomb experts were called, and a number of neighbours were moved to safety.
(MB/SP)
The victim was in her silver Ford Focus car at the Westwood shopping centre at about 9.45pm when she was approached by thieves armed with a handgun.
They then proceeded to drag her by the hair from the vehicle before making off in the direction of the M1 motorway.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
Elsewhere on Thursday, two pipe bombs were thrown at a house in Co Armagh.
Officers were called to a house in the Festival Road area of Portadown where they found a broken front window and two devices on the floor.
No-one was in the house at the time and only minor damage was caused.
Army bomb experts were called, and a number of neighbours were moved to safety.
(MB/SP)
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