26/02/2016

Search Ongoing For Armed Robber

Garda have appealed for information following the armed robbery of a shop in Rathfarnham on Thursday evening.

It is understood that a man entered a Centra Store on Main Street just after 17:00 and threatened staff with a handgun.

No one was injured in the incident but the man fled the scene with an undisclosed sum of money.

The Garda Air Support Unit helicopter searched the area for the suspect, but no arrests have yet been made.

Garda said their search is ongoing.

(MH)

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