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Birmingham shopworker traps machete-wielding robbers in store

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A heroic shop worker is seen on CCTV trapping two machete-wielding robbers in his store. The incident took place in the Smethwick area of Birmingham this month, when the men, along with another accomplice, entered the Taas Express convenience store and threatened staff with a…

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