Armed bandits storm ital food shop, rob patrons

Six armed bandits stormed the ital food shop at Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Tuesday evening, and robbed several cricket fans who were glued to the television set watching the CPL game.
During the robbery, which took place at about 22:20h, five men were relieved of cash, phones and personal belongings. In fact, the Police have said the victims were all from Buxton, ECD.
A 32-year-old victim was relieved of one Samsung cellphone and one Eagle wallet containing one ID card and $16,500 in cash. A 28-year-old victim was robbed of one black Samsung Galaxy 8plus cellphone; a 27-year-old was relieved of an iPhone 8plus; another 27-year-old was relieved of a gold chain weighing 13 pennyweight, and a 29-year-old was robbed of one Samsung J3 Star cellphone and one 12 pennyweight gold chain.
Based on reports received, the victims were at the Ital food shop on the Annandale Railway Embankment, watching television while playing a game of cards when six armed men stormed the establishment and held them at gunpoint.
The bandits then relieved the men of the abovementioned items, while an unarmed female remained on a motorcycle. After committing the robbery, the men jumped on their motorcycles and made good their escape. The matter was reported, but no arrest has been made.