Updated 4.20pm - Smash-and-grab attempt in Birkirkara

A hooded thief brandishing a knife walked into a grocery store in Tarxien on Friday afternoon and got away with an amount of cash before police arrived on the scene.

The hold-up happened at around 3.45pm at a Convenience Store in Santa Monica Street, police said.

The police did not say whether anybody was injured in the incident.

In a separate incident which happened at roughly the same time, police were called to Naxxar road, Birkirkara following reports that a person had tried to smash a shop window. 

Nobody was hurt and nothing was stolen in the incident, police said. 

Police at Naxxar road. Photo: Matthew MirabelliPolice at Naxxar road. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Police at the Naxxar road store. Video: Matthew Mirabelli

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