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 Mirabelli
Police at the Naxxar road store. Video: Matthew Mirabelli