At 8.30 p.m, last night, two or three shots were fired when four men, three of whom were armed with pistols, entered a silver shop at 823 Sinza Road, intimidating the occupants with a view to committing robbery. Fortunately, no one was injured One of the occupants managed to escape through the back door and raised an alarm. A party of detectives and uniformed men from Sinza police station were rushed to the scene where they arrested one of the armed men. The rest made good their escape.
The police are investigating and it was believed that the other members of the gang would be arrested within a few hours.
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