Police are investigating a complaint by a Nicosia owner that he was robbed by two masked men wearing surgical gloves on Friday evening. The 51 year old kiosk owner said the two men had walked into his shop, asked for money and started to hit him as a result of which he lost his balance and fell t the floor. While still on the floor, he took a can of air freshener and sprayed the two men in order to prevent them from taking money from the cash register. The two grabbed a mobile phone worth some 600 euros and fled.
Police are also investigating an attempted robbery of Latsia pharmacy following a complaint by the owner that two men had entered on Friday afternoon, immobilized her and tried to open the cash register. The woman said she activated the alarm, and the two fled without taking anything. She sustained light injuries when she fell trying to defend herself.
In the third robbery on Friday evening, two masked people entered a kiosk in Palliouritissa. The owner called out for help, but the culprits managed to take some 400 euros from the cash register and flee.
Robbers hit three Nicosia shops
