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Gunshots rang out in Żabbar on Tuesday evening as an attempted robbery was derailed by a shop owner. A hooded man armed with a pistol had entered a store on Triq il-Kbira shortly before 8.10pm, the police said in a statement. He ordered the shop owner to hanŻabbar shop owner foils armed robbery
Gunshots rang out in Żabbar on Tuesday evening as an attempted robbery was derailed by a shop owner. A hooded man armed with a pistol had entered a store on Triq il-Kbira shortly before 8.10pm, the police said in a statement. He ordered the shop owner to hand over money in the till - but faced resistance when the owner and others inside the store fought back. In the ensuing tussle, the pistol went off. Thankfully, nobody was injured. Officers from the police's Rapid Intervention Unit quickly reached the scene and arrested a 46-year-old man. Investigations are ongoing, the police said. Read more