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| A getaway car crashed into parked cars following the foiled robbery of a cash delivery van in Belfast city centre. | |
| Security guards were collecting money from the five-star Merchant Hotel at about 1220 GMT when a man approached one of them and tried to steal cash. | Security guards were collecting money from the five-star Merchant Hotel at about 1220 GMT when a man approached one of them and tried to steal cash. |
| Following a struggle, he fled empty handed with three others in a car which police followed through narrow streets as it crashed into several parked cars. | Following a struggle, he fled empty handed with three others in a car which police followed through narrow streets as it crashed into several parked cars. |
| The men abandoned their car in Lower North Street. No-one was arrested. | The men abandoned their car in Lower North Street. No-one was arrested. |
| Eyewitnesses said as many as five police cars were involved in the chase. | Eyewitnesses said as many as five police cars were involved in the chase. |
| Detectives have appealed for anyone with information to contact them. | Detectives have appealed for anyone with information to contact them. |
| Meanwhile in the Irish Republic, the crew of a cash delivery van were robbed at gunpoint in Dundalk. | |
| It is believed thieves made off with about 200,000 euro in the robbery, which happened at about 1200 GMT on Friday, as the security men serviced a cash machine on a garage forecourt. |