Police hunt Belfast armed raider

Police in east Belfast are looking for a man in his twenties following an armed robbery in the city last night.

Police in east Belfast are looking for a man in his twenties following an armed robbery in the city last night.

Shortly after 8.30pm a man with a knife entered a fast-food outlet in the Bloomfield area of the city and demanded staff hand over money from the till and safe.

He then escaped on foot towards Ravenscross Avenue.

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