Masked men rob Marble Hotel of Rf100,000
29 Jun 2011, 10:30 AM
Police are investigating the theft of Rf100,000 (US$$6485) from Marble Hotel, after a group of masked men broke into the building and threatened the receptionist with an axe early this morning.
Police Sub-Inspector Ahmed Shiyam said the men entered the hotel’s lobby around 4:00am this morning, threatened staff and took the money from a small safe in the hotel.
Shiyam said police were investigating the possibility than the men knew about the safe and its contents prior to the robbery.
A staff member at the hotel told newspaper Haveeru that the thieves broke the lock on the main door.
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