05/12/2005

Armed carjacking closes Bristol rail station

Police have appealed for information after a woman was forced to drive her car at gunpoint to a Bristol railway station.

The woman had been driving her Renault car along Ashley Road in the Montpelier area of the city around 7:25pm, when a man forced her to stop.

He forced the woman to drive to Temple Meads station at gunpoint, where she was then released unharmed.

The station was evacuated, while police firearms officers carried out a search of the station, platforms and trains and reviewed CCTV footage.

The search disrupted services for around an hour and half, before the station reopened at around 9:30pm.

Police have taken the car for forensic examination.

An extensive inquiry is now underway to locate the man, who is wanted on suspicion of armed robbery of the woman driver.

Police have asked anyone who witnessed the incident to contact Crimestoppers on: 0800 555 111.

(KMcA/SP)


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