Vic: Man robbed in CBD

AAP General News (Australia)
04-03-2001
Vic: Man robbed in CBD

A 24-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a robbery in Melbourne's CBD overnight.

Three men allegedly approached a 25-year-old man in the Bourke Street Mall around 10pm
AEST last night and asked for a cigarette.

Police say the victim was than assaulted in a nearby laneway, and robbed of money and
jewellery, as well as being headbutted in the face during the incident.

A police arrested two men at the corner of Collins Street and Elizabeth Street a short
time later.

A 24-year-old West Heidelberg man is currently assisting police over the robbery, the
other was released without charge.

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KEYWORD: ROBBERY (MELBOURNE)

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