Cash stolen in Birkirkara hold-up

Cash amounting to less than €1,000 was stolen yesterday during a hold-up in Mgr Alfred Mifsud Street, corner with Karmnu Street, Birkirkara, the police said. The police said two sales assistants were approached by a hooded person wielding a firearm, who had raised the shop's shutter just as it was closed by one of the employees, an 18-year-old man from Santa Lucija. The thief went behind the shop counter and grabbed the money from the cash register's till before he escaped. The other employee was a 31-year-old woman from Santa Venera.