21/09/2016

Investigation Launched After Two Men Rob Women In South Belfast

Police have launched an investigation after two masked men, armed with a gun and crowbar, broke into a house in south Belfast.

The incident happened at a property in the Maryville Court area just after midnight on Wednesday, 21 September.

The men demanded money from two females who were in the house at the time and made off with two mobile phones and a purse which contained a small sum of money.

Three females who were in the property were left badly shaken.

The men are believed to have made off in a small, grey car.

Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.

(CD)


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