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16/06/2003
Armed gang kidnap Strabane family
An armed gang held a family hostage in their Co Tyrone home and forced a man to hand over the weekend takings from a shop, this morning.
Three masked men forced their way into the house in the Ballycolman area in Strabane and confronted the family.
They than ordered the man, who is the manager of a local video shop, to drive to the shop to get the weekend's takings.
He was told to take the money to a pick-up point after which the kidnappers left the family house.
The man's wife and three children were unharmed during the incident.
Police are investigating the incident.
(MB)
Three masked men forced their way into the house in the Ballycolman area in Strabane and confronted the family.
They than ordered the man, who is the manager of a local video shop, to drive to the shop to get the weekend's takings.
He was told to take the money to a pick-up point after which the kidnappers left the family house.
The man's wife and three children were unharmed during the incident.
Police are investigating the incident.
(MB)
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