Missionaries robbed in Manchester

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Friday, August 09, 2013

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Head of the Police Area Three Assistant Commissioner Derrick Knight says the police are “working with four names” as they pursue persons who robbed missionaries at a rented house at Oxford in north west Manchester on the border with north east St Elizabeth, early yesterday.The police reported that four men, armed with machetes, knives and an axe, took Jamaican and US currency as well as personal valuables from six missionaries of a total of 26, ranging in age from 15 to 50.Knight said the hoodlums entered the house by forcing open a window about 1:30 am.The missionaries were deprived of J$170,000, US$60, four cellphones, and a laptop.Knight urged those with knowledge of the incident to give the information to the police.“These people came here to help us, some of them probably paying their own airfare and we need to catch those who carried out this dastardly act,” said Knight, who has responsibility for St Elizabeth, Manchester and Clarendon.Members from a team of missionaries who were robbed yesterday morning in Oxford District were in good spirits later in the day as they contemplated if they should cut their oneweek trip short. (PHOTO: GREGORY BENNETT)

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Missionaries robbed in Manchester