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| Boy, 9, threatened with axe during Great Barr robbery | Boy, 9, threatened with axe during Great Barr robbery |
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| A nine-year-old boy was threatened with an axe in front of his family when robbers burst into their home demanding cash and car keys. | A nine-year-old boy was threatened with an axe in front of his family when robbers burst into their home demanding cash and car keys. |
| Rajinder Auluk, 40, said his son no longer wanted to live in the house after the attack in Great Barr, Birmingham, on Monday evening. | Rajinder Auluk, 40, said his son no longer wanted to live in the house after the attack in Great Barr, Birmingham, on Monday evening. |
| West Midlands Police have launched an appeal to help catch the robbers who were also carrying crowbars. | |
| Mr Auluk said his son fears they will return to kill him and his family. | Mr Auluk said his son fears they will return to kill him and his family. |
| Police said the robbers threatened the boy, whose name has not been released, in front of Mr Auluk, his wife Baljit, 45, and their older son, 16-year-old Jay, at their Newton Road home. | Police said the robbers threatened the boy, whose name has not been released, in front of Mr Auluk, his wife Baljit, 45, and their older son, 16-year-old Jay, at their Newton Road home. |
| The men tried to get away in both family cars, a Nissan Pulsar GTR and a Mercedes CLK, but abandoned the Mercedes on the road outside the home, police said. | The men tried to get away in both family cars, a Nissan Pulsar GTR and a Mercedes CLK, but abandoned the Mercedes on the road outside the home, police said. |
| Mr Auluk said he was about to watch television after dinner with his youngest son when he heard a noise. | Mr Auluk said he was about to watch television after dinner with his youngest son when he heard a noise. |
| He said: "I heard a crash and thought my son had hurt himself. | He said: "I heard a crash and thought my son had hurt himself. |
| "I came into the hallway and saw a couple of silhouettes and as I approached the front door the glass exploded in my face and I realised we were under attack." | "I came into the hallway and saw a couple of silhouettes and as I approached the front door the glass exploded in my face and I realised we were under attack." |
| He said the intruders were carrying axes and crowbars. | |
| "They were asking for keys and I told my eldest son to get the keys and throw them down." | "They were asking for keys and I told my eldest son to get the keys and throw them down." |
| 'Totally destroyed' | 'Totally destroyed' |
| Mr Auluk said then one of men went into the front room where his son was hiding and threatened him. | Mr Auluk said then one of men went into the front room where his son was hiding and threatened him. |
| He said: "He grabbed him by the shoulder and put the axe to his throat and started saying 'you're loaded, give us the cash'. | He said: "He grabbed him by the shoulder and put the axe to his throat and started saying 'you're loaded, give us the cash'. |
| "All that's going through my mind is I've got to get my son out of there - so I decided to take a leap between my son and the guy holding him. | "All that's going through my mind is I've got to get my son out of there - so I decided to take a leap between my son and the guy holding him. |
| "I managed to get my son free but took a little hit on my chest." | "I managed to get my son free but took a little hit on my chest." |
| Mr Auluk's eldest son had grabbed a knife from the kitchen and was charged at by two men before they fled from the house. | Mr Auluk's eldest son had grabbed a knife from the kitchen and was charged at by two men before they fled from the house. |
| He said: "They started the car and then they came back in for another apparently it was in the way so they took that." | He said: "They started the car and then they came back in for another apparently it was in the way so they took that." |
| "It's totally destroyed and pulled around my family without anything being our fault. I'm just shocked," he added. | "It's totally destroyed and pulled around my family without anything being our fault. I'm just shocked," he added. |
| Police have been unable to trace the offenders and detectives have been carrying out house-to-house inquiries and trawling CCTV footage. | Police have been unable to trace the offenders and detectives have been carrying out house-to-house inquiries and trawling CCTV footage. |
| West Midlands Police said it believed the stolen Nissan Pulsar GTR was driven out towards Sutton Coldfield and Aldridge where it was joined by a black Audi A6. | West Midlands Police said it believed the stolen Nissan Pulsar GTR was driven out towards Sutton Coldfield and Aldridge where it was joined by a black Audi A6. |
| Ch Supt Mark Robinson said: "This was a particularly heinous crime and extremely rare, especially for the Great Barr area. | Ch Supt Mark Robinson said: "This was a particularly heinous crime and extremely rare, especially for the Great Barr area. |
| "The psychological impact on Rajinder and his family is not lost on myself and the officers investigating this crime." | "The psychological impact on Rajinder and his family is not lost on myself and the officers investigating this crime." |