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Willem van Otterloostraat
Wednesday, 25 November 2015 - 10:24

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Zwarte Piet armed robbery unsolved one year on

Almost a year after a man dressed as Zwarte Piet robbed the Avida gas station on Europastraat in Borne, the case is still unsolved. The police are calling on the public's help to solve this case and arrest this robber. On November 30th a man dressed as Zwarte Piet entered the store at the Avida gas station and hit a 42 year old employee over the head with a bat. He grabbed some money and fled. On December 4th the same perpetrator, again dressed as Zwarte Piet, robbed the gas station on Willem van Otterloostraat in Hengelo. The police are calling on the public to watch the surveillance footage below and that anyone who recognizes the man contact them at once. https://youtu.be/_CJXYdIkt-4

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