Supermarket robbed by armed gang in Greater Manchester

    A supermarket was robbed by an armed gang in Greater Manchester.

    Shortly before 11pm on Tuesday 22 August, police were called to a supermarket on Central Road in Partington to reports of an armed robbery.

    Three men wearing balaclavas had entered the shop, two were carrying knives and the other was brandishing a lump hammer.

    The men approached the shop assistants who were working in the shop at the time.

    The assistants opened the tills and the offenders stole an amount of cash from them.

    The men then took cigarettes and alcohol before fleeing in a nearby car.

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