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Search for BP robber

Posted October 6, 2008 08:37:00

Police are looking for a man who held up a petrol station on Hampstead Road last night, armed with a knife.

The man, described as Aboriginal, jumped the counter of the BP station at Broadview just before 10:00pm.

A customer helped fight off the robber by throwing chairs at him.

The offender escaped with a small amount of cash and was last seen running along Watson Avenue.

Tags: armed-robbery, sa, broadview-5083

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