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Toy guns used as robberies spike
17 Sep 2016 at 12:46hrs | Views
FIVE men, two armed with toy guns, pounced on a Major Petroleum Service Station in Bulawayo and bashed workers with hammers and a knobkerrie before fleeing with $700 and four cell phones, the Chronicle reported.
The incident happened on Thursday at about 9PM.
National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the incident.
"Investigations have revealed that the robbers, who are still at large, used toy guns," she said.
Sources at the service station said the robbers arrived at around 9PM and rounded up two fuel attendants and two customers at gun point.
Two of the robbers allegedly held the guns, while others were armed with a hammer, knobkerries and an axe.
A fuel attendant said he was assaulted with a hammer and the robbers kicked him in the face and back before taking away his Nokia cell phone.
The attendant said one of the clients was assaulted with a pistol butt at the back of his head and on the waist. He also lost his cellphone, a Huawei cell phone, and $4. His partner was not beaten up but they also took away his cell phone, a Huawei.
The fuel attendants said the men left them lying on the ground and fled from the scene.
On Wednesday, an armed pair pounced at an Engen Service Station in Magwegwe and got away with $26 cash and a Galaxy S1 cell phone.
The robbery came barely a day after another team of four gun-toting robbers got away with over $20 000 at the Savanna Tobacco offices in Windsor Park.
The incident happened on Thursday at about 9PM.
National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the incident.
"Investigations have revealed that the robbers, who are still at large, used toy guns," she said.
Sources at the service station said the robbers arrived at around 9PM and rounded up two fuel attendants and two customers at gun point.
A fuel attendant said he was assaulted with a hammer and the robbers kicked him in the face and back before taking away his Nokia cell phone.
The attendant said one of the clients was assaulted with a pistol butt at the back of his head and on the waist. He also lost his cellphone, a Huawei cell phone, and $4. His partner was not beaten up but they also took away his cell phone, a Huawei.
The fuel attendants said the men left them lying on the ground and fled from the scene.
On Wednesday, an armed pair pounced at an Engen Service Station in Magwegwe and got away with $26 cash and a Galaxy S1 cell phone.
The robbery came barely a day after another team of four gun-toting robbers got away with over $20 000 at the Savanna Tobacco offices in Windsor Park.
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