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02/12/2008
Crossbow Used In Belfast Robbery
News has just emerged of a bizarre armed robbery in south Belfast.
A gang armed with a loaded crossbow targeted a house in the lower Lisburn Road area yesterday.
Police said that three men, one of whom was also armed with a hammer, entered the property at Tate's Avenue at about 8.15pm on Monday.
They said that two people in the house, a male and a female resident, aged 20 and 19, were both bundled into a room while the property was ransacked.
The occupants were not injured but said to be badly shaken. Car keys, mobile phones, a computer console and a laptop were stolen.
Detectives have appealed for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
They have described one of the gang as about 30-years-old, 5ft 10ins tall, with a well-trimmed dark beard.
Another is described as 18 to 20-years-old and of slim build. The third is described as about 20-years-old and approximately 5ft 8ins tall.
(BMcC)
A gang armed with a loaded crossbow targeted a house in the lower Lisburn Road area yesterday.
Police said that three men, one of whom was also armed with a hammer, entered the property at Tate's Avenue at about 8.15pm on Monday.
They said that two people in the house, a male and a female resident, aged 20 and 19, were both bundled into a room while the property was ransacked.
The occupants were not injured but said to be badly shaken. Car keys, mobile phones, a computer console and a laptop were stolen.
Detectives have appealed for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
They have described one of the gang as about 30-years-old, 5ft 10ins tall, with a well-trimmed dark beard.
Another is described as 18 to 20-years-old and of slim build. The third is described as about 20-years-old and approximately 5ft 8ins tall.
(BMcC)
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