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Jewellery store raided in Belfast

Raiders have stolen diamond rings valued at £150,000 from a jewellery store in south Belfast.

Three men carried out the robbery on the Lisburn Road this morning just after 9.30am.

One of the men was armed with a handgun and staff were threatened during the raid.

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The raiders are thought to have made their escape in a silver Ford Focus which was later found burned out in the nearby Randal Park area.

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