4 Men At Large after robbery and kidnapping at Cloonfad Post Office
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A CLOONFAD POSTMISTRESS AND HER FAMILY AND A FORMER POSTMASTER WERE KIDNAPPED AND HELD HOSTAGE OVERNIGHT IN THE POST OFFICE.
THE ORDEAL LASTED UNTIL THIS MORNING WHEN A LOCAL GARDA MANAGED TO GAIN ENTRY TO THE POST OFFICE AND THE CULPRITS ESCAPED AND TOOK OFF IN A CAR.
THEY ARE STILL AT LARGE.
NONE OF THE HOSTA
THE ORDEAL BEGAN AT ABOUT 11PM LAST NIGHT WHEN 4 MASKED MEN ENTERED A PRIVATE HOUSE ADJOINING THE POST OFFICE IN CLOONFAD - ON THE MAYO / ROSCOMMON BORDER AND WOKE UP THE FORMER OWNER OF THE POST OFFICE WHO RESIDES IN THE PREMISES.
THE GANG FORCED HIM TO ACCOMPANY THEM TO THE POSTMISTRESS’S HOUSE, A S
THE MEN THEN FORCED THE FAMILY MEM
IT’S BELIEVED THE VICTIMS WERE THREATENED WITH VIOLENCE AND VERBALLY ABUSED DURING THE ORDEAL.
THE ALARM WAS RAISED THIS MORNING WHEN A BROTHER OF THE POSTMISTRESS ARRIVED AT THE FAMILY HOME, OUTSIDE OF CLOONFAD, AND FOUND NO ONE IN THE HOUSE. HE REALISED IMMEDIATELY THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. HE ALERTED A NEIGHBOUR AND THEY THEN ALERTED A LOCAL GARDA.
THEY DROVE BACK TO THE CLOONFAD POST OFFICE AND IT WAS LOCKED UP BUT THE GARDA MANAGED TO ENTER THE PREMISES AND HE CONFRONTED THE 4 THIEVES AND WAS ATTACKED. THE MASKED MEN HAD ARMED THEMSELVES WITH SHOVELS AND BARS. THE GARDA SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.
THE RAIDERS GOT INTO A GREEN VOLKSWAGON CAR, WITH AN O6 MAYO REGISTRATION AND SPED AWAY.
THE INJURED GARDA PURSUED THEM IN HIS CAR, BUT LOST THEM CLOSE TO
THE GARDAI ARE
NONE OF THE HOSTA
GARDAI SAY NO MONEY WAS TAKEN FROM THE POST OFFICE.
IT’S BELIEVED THE MEN
IT’S NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH AT THIS STAGE.
LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE CONDEMNED THE INCIDENT SAYING IT WAS A VICIOUS ATTACK ON DECENT PEOPLE AND ON THE VITAL SERVICE THEY PROVIDE IN THE COMMUNITY.
