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12/04/2005
Family threatened at gunpoint during burglary
A family was threatened at gunpoint during a burglary at a house in Co Down on Monday.
The incident occurred on Station Road, Killough at around 8.30pm when a man dressed as a police officer confronted the male occupant of the home and forced his way into the house.
Once inside the robber held the man’s wife and three children at gunpoint, while two accomplices threatened the man and demanded money.
A scuffle eventually ensued with the man managing to escape his attackers, who then fled the property themselves.
Elsewhere on Monday, a teenager suffered a broken ankle and broken jaw following a sectarian attack in Co Antrim.
The incident occurred close to the Dunclug estate in Ballymena at around 8.30pm. Trouble is believed to have started following a local football fixture before moving to the nearby Dunclug estate, where up to 20 youths threw stones at police and a number of cars.
Police have appealed for anyone with information on either incident to contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/GB)
The incident occurred on Station Road, Killough at around 8.30pm when a man dressed as a police officer confronted the male occupant of the home and forced his way into the house.
Once inside the robber held the man’s wife and three children at gunpoint, while two accomplices threatened the man and demanded money.
A scuffle eventually ensued with the man managing to escape his attackers, who then fled the property themselves.
Elsewhere on Monday, a teenager suffered a broken ankle and broken jaw following a sectarian attack in Co Antrim.
The incident occurred close to the Dunclug estate in Ballymena at around 8.30pm. Trouble is believed to have started following a local football fixture before moving to the nearby Dunclug estate, where up to 20 youths threw stones at police and a number of cars.
Police have appealed for anyone with information on either incident to contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/GB)
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