Woman, 73, held-up, robbed at home

A 73-year-old woman from Zabbar suffered the shock of her life when three hooded men barged into her home in Strickland Road, demanded cash, and made off with under €400.

The police said the incident happened at around 1 a.m. The woman was not injured but had to be treated for shock.

Magistrate A Vella is holding an inquiry.

This was the second hold-up in Zabbar within 24 hours.

Comments

A Cassar (on 30/3/08)

'F darek bla biza'. That's what we were promised 20 years ago. No need to continue. PN did not keep the promises!

JOHN SCERRI (on 28/3/08)

Thanks for your appreciation effie.
There is no need to read between the lines in your comment.
It's clear - I fully understand your concern .
Whoever commits crimes of such a horrid sort : Karen Grech & Raymond Caruana God bless their soul, rapes on young children, attacks on the elderly + murders like what happened in St Lucia,breaking into a party leader's house, destroying church property,armed robbery, are all a burden to our society.
This is not a question of 'min dahak b'min'.
It is a question of whether we have a system which is ready to respond effectively in the minimum possible time.
Do we have enough police on patrol day and night? My answer is NOT yet .
Do we have enough CCTVs in strategic crime stricken areas ? My answer is NOT yet.
I hope, like you, that as soon as possible the police corps will be out in the streets where everyone can see them in uniform, armed properly,well trained,educated to help and enforce the law in an efficient manner .
A lot has improved and i think you will agree with me but much more more needs to be done. regards

Amanda Magri (on 28/3/08)

Interesting comments: although I do not quite understand how politics manage to rule everything. This is not about politics and not about reds or blues - we are all in this together and rather than guessing who those gentlemen supported its time to focus on what can be done.
Finally I do not think those three gentlemen cared about politics - if they didn't care about the Zabbar lady, surely they don't care about their country.

effie carbonaro (on 28/3/08)

john thanks for your spelling lesson.it seems that you had a better education than me.but if i am right the people who said FLIMKIEN KOLLOX POSSIBLI were the same who said GO DAREK BLA BIZA. you seems an Intelligent person read between the lines and than you will understand my comment.minn dahaq bminn?

JOHN SCERRI (on 28/3/08)

Dear effie : it's 'Flimkien' not 'Fliemkien'.
Plural of gentleman is gentlemen with an 'e'.
'THIS' country not 'these' country.
You see... it's never too late to learn.
As for your mmm... comment I have NO comment !!
You check it out again and see if it makes sense.

effie carbonaro (on 28/3/08)

Do you think that these three gentleman were celebrating IVA FLIEMKIEN KOLLOX POSSIBLI a few weeks ago. In a few days these country has gone back to square one.