Men robbed at gunpoint in Belfast

Police in Belfast are seeking witnesses to an armed robbery in the city early this morning.

Police in Belfast are seeking witnesses to an armed robbery in the city early this morning.

Two men approaching the night safe of a bank on High Street shortly after 2am were confronted by a man carrying a handgun.

He put the gun to the head of one of the two men and demanded the money they were carrying.

The robber made off with a "substantial" sum of cash, the PSNI said.

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He made his getaway in a dark-coloured hatchback car in the direction of Bridge Street. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at Musgrave Street.