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23/11/2005
Bus driver robbed at knifepoint
Police in Dungannon are appealing for information after a bus driver was robbed at knifepoint in Fivemiletown on Tuesday.
At around 9pm the driver was about to pull away from the bus shelter on Main Street when a youth approached him, armed with a kife, and made a demand for money.
A small sum of cash was handed over before the youth made off in the direction of the play park in Fivemiletown. He is described as in his late teens, and of slim build and was wearing a dark coloured hooded top with a yellow scarf over his face.
The driver was unhurt during the incident.
Elsewhere, a 20-year-old man has been treated in hospital for a gunshot wound to his leg following a paramilitary style shooting in Bangor on Tuesday.
The shooting occurred in the Kilcooley area of the town around 10.30pm.
Anyone with information on wither incident is asked to contact police on 0845 600 8000 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
(MB/SP)
At around 9pm the driver was about to pull away from the bus shelter on Main Street when a youth approached him, armed with a kife, and made a demand for money.
A small sum of cash was handed over before the youth made off in the direction of the play park in Fivemiletown. He is described as in his late teens, and of slim build and was wearing a dark coloured hooded top with a yellow scarf over his face.
The driver was unhurt during the incident.
Elsewhere, a 20-year-old man has been treated in hospital for a gunshot wound to his leg following a paramilitary style shooting in Bangor on Tuesday.
The shooting occurred in the Kilcooley area of the town around 10.30pm.
Anyone with information on wither incident is asked to contact police on 0845 600 8000 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
(MB/SP)
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