Jewellery and around a €1,000 were stolen yesterday from a house in Qormi by two hooded thieves who threatened the elderly resident with a knife.
The incident happened at around 2.10am in Triq il-Kbira.
According to preliminary investigations, the 80-year-old woman woke up to find two hooded people beside her bed who threatened her with a knife and demanded money and the jewellery she was wearing.
The woman complied and the thieves fled the house without causing her injury.
Signs of forced entry were noted by the police on the front door.