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Retailer body condemns armed robbery at Spar forecourt in Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland’s leading retail organisation has strongly condemned a cashpoint robbery that took place this week at a Spar store in Aughnacloy, County Tyrone. The robbery happened at 6.40am on Wednesday (8 October) outside the service station store as the cash machine was being filled…

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