Thieves entered a Tarxien lotto booth and ordered an employee and customer to hand over money at knifepoint on Friday, police said in a statement. 

Two masked men armed with a knife entered the shop on Triq Raħal l-Ġdid shortly before noon and told a 50-year-old employee from Naxxar and 67-year-old customer who happened to be there at the time to hand over all the money in their possession. 

They then made a quick getaway with an undisclosed amount of money in their possession. Police were alerted to the theft at noon, they said, and an investigation is underway. 

Nobody was injured in the incident. 

 

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