23/09/2013

Liverpool Teenager Arrested In Connection With Armed Bank Robbery

A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery of a bank in Liverpool.

It is understood that a branch of Barclays bank in Breck Road was robbed at gunpoint at around 11:50am on Friday.

A Merseyside police spokesperson has confirmed that the teenager, said to be from the Anfield area, was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and is being question by police.

(MH/CD)

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