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| Elderly women targeted by robbers | Elderly women targeted by robbers |
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| Two women aged in their 80s have been held down by robbers during separate burglaries in County Antrim. | Two women aged in their 80s have been held down by robbers during separate burglaries in County Antrim. |
| One of the elderly women sustained a cut to her lip after she was held by an intruder while other men stole cash from her house in south Belfast. | One of the elderly women sustained a cut to her lip after she was held by an intruder while other men stole cash from her house in south Belfast. |
| The robbery took place at about 2115 GMT at Upper Malone Park in the city. | The robbery took place at about 2115 GMT at Upper Malone Park in the city. |
| Earlier on Saturday night, two men in their 20s held an elderly woman at her home on Station Road in Whiteabbey before stealing money from her. | |
| The robbers entered the pensioner's house shortly after 1900 GMT on Saturday. | The robbers entered the pensioner's house shortly after 1900 GMT on Saturday. |
| The woman was not injured. | The woman was not injured. |
| A small sum of cash was stolen during both burglaries. | A small sum of cash was stolen during both burglaries. |
| Police are working to establish if there is any link between them and a third incident at a house at Fernagh Drive in Whiteabbey which also took place one Saturday night. | Police are working to establish if there is any link between them and a third incident at a house at Fernagh Drive in Whiteabbey which also took place one Saturday night. |
| The property was entered when no-one was home, but it has not yet been confirmed if anything was stolen. | The property was entered when no-one was home, but it has not yet been confirmed if anything was stolen. |
| South Belfast MLA Anna Lo, Alliance Party, condemned the robberies. | |
| "It takes a particularly despicable type of person to be able to bring themselves to rob a pensioner in their home," she said. | |
| "These thugs are nothing but cowards and they need to be taken off our streets. | |
| "My thoughts are with anyone who has faced traumatic incidents of this nature in recent times." |