Armed robbers chased from store by manager with mop

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A shop manager has chased two armed robbers from his store armed only with a mop. 9News

About 8am, two men wearing masks entered a convenience store on Castile Crescent in Edens Landing. One was armed with a rifle, the other with a wrench.

The terrified 17-year-old staff member complied with their requests for cash and cigarettes until the 32-year-old manager heard the commotion from the back of the store and rushed at the two men armed with a mop.The manager, desperate to protect his staff, ran from a back room armed with a mop. The manager told 9News he believes the man armed with the rifle attempted to shoot him but couldn't get the gun to work.In the struggle he was hit in the upper arm with the gun before the two men fled with a quantity of cash.

The robbers were last seen getting into a dark-coloured vehicle parked nearby on Pendlebury court before driving towards Logan River Road.

 

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