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Dunmurry: Woman describes car hijack shock | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
A woman has described the ordeal of having her car hijacked by a masked gang near west Belfast. | |
It happened as she was driving on Brians Well Road in Dunmurry at 18:35 BST on Saturday, on her way to take medicine to her son. | |
When the woman slowed down at ramps the gang appeared. | |
Their faces were covered with scarves. One of them told her to get out of the car and it is thought that he may have been armed with a knife. | Their faces were covered with scarves. One of them told her to get out of the car and it is thought that he may have been armed with a knife. |
"A fella just appeared at the side of the car and opened the door and shouted at me to get out," said the woman, who did not wish to be identified. | |
"He had something in his hand, it looked like a knife. I just panicked and got out of the car. | |
"Then he was away in the car. There was two fellas hovering behind him and they were away as well. I couldn't believe how quick it happened." | |
The woman was left standing by the side of the road. Her car was later found on fire in the Summerhill Road area. | |
She said: "I couldn't get over that. Why steal a car and just burn it? | |
"I'm really in shock. Anything could have happened to me standing there. They could have come back. I was there by myself, there was nobody there to help me. | |
"I would be very afraid to drive out by myself anywhere." | |
Detectives have appealed for witnesses. | Detectives have appealed for witnesses. |
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