A Swede has been allegedly held up by a man armed with a knife in St Julian's this afternoon.

The police said that around 1.30 p.m., a 24-year-old foreigner sought their help claiming he had been stopped in Dragonara Street by a man who was holding a knife and who asked him for his laptop.

The foreigner said he gave the man his laptop and the thief ran away. Although not injured, the victim suffered a major shock.

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