24/08/2004
Teenage shop assistant threatened at gunpoint
A teenage shop assistant has been threatened at gunpoint during a robbery in west Belfast.
The 16-year-old girl was working in a petrol station on Finaghy Road North when two men, one armed with a handgun and the other with a hammer, entered the station at around 10.15pm last night.
A gun was pointed the gun at the girl's face before both men made off with a sum of money and cigarettes.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
Elsewhere, an 11-year-old girl has died in a road traffic accident just hours before she was due to fly from Belfast on a family holiday.
The girl, who is understood to be from Buncrana in Co Donegal, was in a car with her mother, aunt, uncle and cousin when the accident occurred between Buncrana and Fahan at around 6am on Tuesday.
Her 12-year-old cousin is said to be in a serious condition while the rest of the occupants of the car were also injured.
No other car is believed to have been involved in the accident.
(MB)
The 16-year-old girl was working in a petrol station on Finaghy Road North when two men, one armed with a handgun and the other with a hammer, entered the station at around 10.15pm last night.
A gun was pointed the gun at the girl's face before both men made off with a sum of money and cigarettes.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
Elsewhere, an 11-year-old girl has died in a road traffic accident just hours before she was due to fly from Belfast on a family holiday.
The girl, who is understood to be from Buncrana in Co Donegal, was in a car with her mother, aunt, uncle and cousin when the accident occurred between Buncrana and Fahan at around 6am on Tuesday.
Her 12-year-old cousin is said to be in a serious condition while the rest of the occupants of the car were also injured.
No other car is believed to have been involved in the accident.
(MB)
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