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A 78-year-old man has been assaulted, and his 80-year-old wife threatened while she lay in bed, during a robbery at their home in south Belfast.A 78-year-old man has been assaulted, and his 80-year-old wife threatened while she lay in bed, during a robbery at their home in south Belfast.
Five men forced their way into the home in Woodbreda Avenue and threw the man to the ground. They ransacked the house and escaped with a sum of cash.Five men forced their way into the home in Woodbreda Avenue and threw the man to the ground. They ransacked the house and escaped with a sum of cash.
Meanwhile, six men have targeted an 88-year-old man at his home in the Seymour Hill estate, Dunmurry.Meanwhile, six men have targeted an 88-year-old man at his home in the Seymour Hill estate, Dunmurry.
The gang searched the house and said they were looking for drugs.The gang searched the house and said they were looking for drugs.
His daughter, Eileen, said the family has been shaken.
"He said they kept shouting: 'Where's the drugs, where's the drugs, where's the money?' He's shaken and we feel it for him", she said.
"We're younger than him and we feel it."