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.

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