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Officer shot at in bank robbery | Officer shot at in bank robbery |
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A policeman has been shot at during an armed bank robbery. | |
Officers were called to Barclays Bank on Winter Hey Lane in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, at about 0930 GMT. | |
A gang of three men had raided the bank and were leaving when one of them got out of the getaway car, a silver Ford Mondeo, and shot at a police van. | |
The male officer is being treated for non life-threatening facial injuries and his colleague, a female officer, is being treated for shock. | |
The officers were taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital after the attack. | |
It is not clear if the male officer's injuries were caused by pellets from the shotgun or shards of glass from the windscreen. | |
Car abandoned | |
Police said two of the gang had gone into the bank and threatened staff with a shot gun, before stealing an unknown amount of cash. | |
The men left in a Ford Focus but swapped it for a silver Ford Mondeo just off Crown Lane. | |
The Mondeo had a false number plate, registration LM04 UTE. | |
The police van drew up behind the Mondeo, when one of the robbers got out and fired a shot at the windscreen of the van. | |
The Mondeo was later found abandoned on the Crawford Arms car park, which is on Red Rock Lane in Radcliffe. | |
Police said their officers were not armed and no shots were fired by them. |