A hooded man armed with a firearm held up a lotto receiver in Pieta' this afternoon but left without stealing anything after the receiver put up a fight.
The hold-up took place in a lotto office in Guardamangia Hill at about 6 p.m. The lotto receiver, a 50-year-old man from Ghaxaq, was injured and taken to Mater Dei Hospital. The robber escaped in a getaway car which is thought to have been stolen.
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