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18/05/2007
Bus driver robbed at gunpoint
Masked men have robbed a bus driver at gunpoint in Londonderry.
The driver had stopped for a passenger at Belmont on the Racecourse Road, just after 10pm on Thursday evening. Two masked men got on the bus and threatened him and demanded cash. One of the men pointed what appeared to be a gun at the driver.
They stole around £100 before running off.
(JM/KMcA)
The driver had stopped for a passenger at Belmont on the Racecourse Road, just after 10pm on Thursday evening. Two masked men got on the bus and threatened him and demanded cash. One of the men pointed what appeared to be a gun at the driver.
They stole around £100 before running off.
(JM/KMcA)
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