UK: Man in burqa with gun and axe steals $243,000 in designer watches

Posted by Robert on August 26, 2009 6:13 AM

Multiculturalism will soon be [1] bringing this kind of fun to the U.S.

"Burqa-clad man armed with gun and axe steals £150,000 designer watches," from the [2] Daily Mail, August 26 (thanks to Dionysios):

Police are searching for a burqa-clad man who helped steal designer watches worth £150,000 in an armed robbery yesterday.

The man and two accomplices, armed with a handgun and an axe, burst into Michael Jones Jewellers on the High Street in Banbury, Oxfordshire, at about 2.20pm.

They threatened four members of staff, a man and three women, with their weapons before making off with Rolex, Cartier and Breitling watches....

The incident is the latest in a spate of 'burqa robberies' where thieves conceal their identity with the full-body garment typically worn by Muslim women....


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/08/uk-man-in-burqa-with-gun-and-axe-steals-243000-in-designer-watches.html

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[1] http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/014352.php
[2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209006/Jewellers-robbery-Oxfordshire-burka-clad-man--150-000-designer-watches-stolen.html