An elderly man was slightly injured yesterday morning during a botched hold-up at a lotto booth in Ħamrun.
The robber, who partially concealed his face and was armed with a sharp object, charged into the lotto booth in Duke of Edinburgh Street at 8.40 a.m.
He demanded money from the 72-year-old lotto receiver from Birkirkara who resisted him, but suffered a slash wound to the finger.
The robber left empty-handed.