A lotto receiver was robbed of more than €5000 when he was mugged in Naxxar this morning, the police said.

The man, who is from San Gwann, reported the case at Naxxar police station.

He said he had been walking in Labour Avenue when two men armed with a knife approached him and demanded cash. He handed over the money he was carrying and the two ran off.

A magisterial inquiry is under way.

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