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– Flee with undisclosed amount of cashThree gunmen made off with a substantial amount of cash after terrorizing the employees of Jairam General Store on Saffon Street,Carlos Martinez Cardinals Jersey, Charlestown.Reports are that the gunmen struck around 14:30 hours while pretending to be customers.A female employee told this newspaper that she was attending to a customer when a young man approached the counter asking for two sacks of rice.The employee said as she was enquiring from the man what brand of rice he wanted the man pulled out a gun and ordered everyone to put their hands in the air.According to the woman,Carlos Carmona Jersey, another man who was in the shop also brandished a gun and the two began ordering everyone to hand over their cellular phones.“Dey tek away everybody cell phone because they didn’t want anybody call de police and then one ah them turn and ask wheh de money deh,” the woman recalled.She added that she pointed to the cashier booth and the men turned their attention to that area.“As soon as they turn around all ah we who went behind the counter duck under de counter and we aint raise up till we hear like they gone,St. Louis Cardinals Allen Craig Jersey,” the employee recounted.Throughout the ordeal,Los Angeles Dodgers Carl Crawford Jersey, the woman said another man stood just at the door as the “look out man”.Employees claimed that one of the guns which the men used during the robbery appeared to be a toy gun while the other looked like a small machine gun.The men made good their escape with a large amount of cash and a large quantity of land line and cellular phone cards.Meanwhile, when this newspaper arrived on the scene,Marcelo Diaz Chile Jersey, employees were still shaken over the incident as they were seen crying and consoling each other.One employee said that while she was hiding under the counter she heard a woman in the store screaming.“Like they try tekking away de woman chain or something or we ain’t know if they knock she or something,St. Louis Cardinals Lance Lynn Jersey,” the employee said.The employees claimed also that among themselves the gunmen were discussing whether or not they should kill the security guard before fleeing.Eyewitnesses say the men fled into Howes Street,Michael Jordan Jersey, Charlestown, and disappeared.Police were summoned to the area but no one was arrested. Investigations are ongoing. |
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