Christianburg Nursery School guard robbed, teenagers arrested

TWO teenagers were arrested on Tuesday after they robbed a female security guard attached to the Christianburg Nursery School in Wismar, Linden, Region 10, police said.

Reports indicate that the robbery occurred at 23:50 hours and the 36-year-old female security guard told police that she was robbed by three identifiable males.

Police said another suspect is being sought following the arrest of the two teenagers — a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old.

According to the security guard, she was in the guard hut when the suspects, one of whom was armed with a brown handle knife, entered the guard hut and relieved her of one black ZTE cellular phone valued $43,000.

The robbers then ran to the back of the compound resulting in the security guard raising an alarm to her colleague who was in a nearby guard hut.

Her colleague gave chase and managed to apprehend one of the suspects. The police were summoned and the suspect was taken into custody.

He was interviewed and assisted the police with investigations which led to the arrest of the second suspect.

However, the third suspect made good his escape. Police are hunting for him as investigations continue.

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