PSNI investigate two car hijackings

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating two car hijackings that took place yesterday.

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating two car hijackings that took place yesterday.

A man and his sister were pulled from their vehicle in a car park near Comber Leisure Centre, Co Down, by three men at around 5pm.

The man was assaulted and suffered shoulder injuries. One hijacker escaped in the victim's car, and the others ran off.

Elsewhere, another man was forced from his vehicle in Donnybrook Street in south Belfast about an hour later. The attacker drove off towards Sandringham Street.

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The PSNI are investigating a possible link between the Belfast hijacking and an earlier armed robbery at an amusement arcade on the Lisburn Road.