A sum of about €10,000 in cash was stolen from two shipping company employees who had just withdrawn the money from a Gżira bank yesterday afternoon.

The men, a 34-year-old from Mosta and a 54-year-old from Swieqi, both Palm Shipping employees, left the locality’s HSBC branch with the money in an envelope at about 3 p.m. A hooded man, armed with a gun, walked up to them and demanded the money, hitting one of them on the head.

The thief snatched the money and escaped.

None of the two men were injured.

Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera appointed experts to help her in an inquiry.

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