William of the White Hand
Junior News Editor
Burqa bandit in armed cash grab
May 6, 2010 - 2:35PM
A gunman wearing a full black burqa and sunglasses got away with a bag of cash following an armed robbery in a Sydney car park, police say.
The 35-year-old victim identified his assailant as male after he was threatened with a pistol and told to hand over cash.
Earlier, the victim, who was working as a distributor of cash to jewellery businesses, had withdrawn a large amount of cash from a shopping centre in Miranda, in the city’s south, about 5pm yesterday.
While making the withdrawal, he noticed two men who appeared to be following him around the shopping centre.
He returned to his vehicle in the car park when one of the men approached him and told him his tyre was going flat.
The man became suspicious and drove away to change his tyre in a nearby street before driving to a shopping centre in Hurstville.
There, he was approached by a man wearing a full black burqa - traditionally only worn by some Islamic women - and sunglasses and told to hand over the cash, police said today in a statement.
Police are now searching for two men who might be able to assist their inquires.
The men are aged about 20 to 25, of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern appearance and about 170 centimetres tall.
One was wearing a white cap, blue T-shirt and blue faded jeans and the other was unshaven and wearing a blue cap, a grey T-shirt with black writing on it, blue jeans and dark coloured sunglasses.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/burqa-bandit-in-armed-cash-grab-20100506-ub1r.html
May 6, 2010 - 2:35PM
A gunman wearing a full black burqa and sunglasses got away with a bag of cash following an armed robbery in a Sydney car park, police say.
The 35-year-old victim identified his assailant as male after he was threatened with a pistol and told to hand over cash.
Earlier, the victim, who was working as a distributor of cash to jewellery businesses, had withdrawn a large amount of cash from a shopping centre in Miranda, in the city’s south, about 5pm yesterday.
While making the withdrawal, he noticed two men who appeared to be following him around the shopping centre.
He returned to his vehicle in the car park when one of the men approached him and told him his tyre was going flat.
The man became suspicious and drove away to change his tyre in a nearby street before driving to a shopping centre in Hurstville.
There, he was approached by a man wearing a full black burqa - traditionally only worn by some Islamic women - and sunglasses and told to hand over the cash, police said today in a statement.
Police are now searching for two men who might be able to assist their inquires.
The men are aged about 20 to 25, of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern appearance and about 170 centimetres tall.
One was wearing a white cap, blue T-shirt and blue faded jeans and the other was unshaven and wearing a blue cap, a grey T-shirt with black writing on it, blue jeans and dark coloured sunglasses.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/burqa-bandit-in-armed-cash-grab-20100506-ub1r.html