In just 55 seconds, three men armed with machetes stole dozens of high-end cell phones worth around 40,000 euros from a store in Forum Barreiro. Throughout the robbery, the employee had a nearly 50cm blade pressed against his neck, which was witnessed by the victim’s girlfriend, who was in the store and observed everything.
The trio attacked at 9pm on Wednesday when there was little movement in the area due to a football team playing. They burst in, detained the employee, and then began filling backpacks – according to the owner of NP4Game, they only took second-hand iPhones, the cheapest of which cost about 500 euros each.
The victim’s girlfriend managed to escape unnoticed and alert a mall security guard, who was powerless to stop the group from escaping, machetes in hand, and were still on the run on Thursday.
This is the third robbery of NP4Game stores since December, the others took place in Porto and Matosinhos.
Author: Joao Carlos Rodrigues
Source: CM Jornal
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