Shop proprietor beaten and set alight during robbery

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Shop proprietor beaten and set alight during robbery

Central Division police are on the hunt for the suspects who beat and burnt a mini-mart owner during a robbery on Friday afternoon.

Three men stormed the N’ Mini Mart at Calcutta #2 Road in Freeport around 5:25pm and accosted the owner and a manager who were working.

One of the men was armed with a gun. They robbed the owner of an undisclosed sum of money, a Samsung cell phone, and a laptop.

The owner was also beaten and then set alight after the robbers doused the business with a flammable liquid.

The suspects escaped in a silver Nissan B15 car which was waiting outside.