Swede held up in Paceville
A 24-year-old Swede residing in Sliema was held up in Paceville by three men armed with a knife this morning and requested to retrieve not more than €200 from an ATM.
The police said they were informed of the incident, which allegedly took place at around 4 a.m., at 11.30 a.m.
The Swede said he was near St Rita Steps in Paceville when he was approached by the three men.
An inquiry is being held.
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Galea. L
Jun 27th 2009, 08:23
Sounds a little bit tooo faaaar fetched does it taking 7 1/2 hours to report it?
Graham Crocker
Jun 26th 2009, 23:06
ATM's should have CCTV, so hopefully these bastards will be caught.
Joseph Falzon
Jun 26th 2009, 19:38
What another Swede held up, this is the 2nd Swede in the last 2 weeks, what is it with these guys are the Swedish so easy to target or what. Not a good image for Malta sorry to say with all these muggins on foreigners.
Joseph Calleja
Jun 26th 2009, 18:55
The police said they were informed of the incident, which allegedly took place at around 4 a.m., at 11.30 a.m. Is this a typo? The incident happened at 4:00 am but it wasn't reported till 11:30am?