Wow! On
Monday – 4 days ago – there was an armed robbery here, in the main street in a
building that back onto my apartment block! Lunchtime diners were tucking into
their food when two armed men burst in demanding money, watches, jewellery,
cameras and anything else they could get their hands on. They ripped items off
anyone they felt were too slow in responding and ran off up the road.
What is
alarming, as well as the fact it was in broad daylight in a busy high street,
was that it is a restaurant we regularly use for weekly volunteer lunches as it
is cheap and cheerful. In fact most of the clientèle favour it because it is
cheap, so the robbery was probably not that profitable. General opinion is that
the robbers were not local, well not from our town, but more likely from the
large city (almost a million inhabitants) some 10 kms distant, which used to
have a lawless reputation, but had cleaned up its act recently.
Another
small cloud hanging over my stay here, but not yet enough to completely dampen
my spirits.
Update: March 15.
It turns out the story was not quite as dramatic as we were told - a case of it being "enhanced" to make a better story. Apparently a female customer had placed her purse on the edge of the table, and an opportunist thief (singular!) grabbed it and tried to make off with it. He was stopped by other diners and the purse returned, but managed to break loose and make good his escape!
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