THUGS have robbed a petrol station armed with a knife – just hours after two pensioners were attacked in their home.
The gang burst into Daly’s petrol station in Lifford at 7.30pm on Tuesday.
The Arthur sisters were attacked and robbed at their home 8kms away on Monday evening.
A masked man threatened staff at Daly’s with the knife before escaping in a UK-registered car driven by a second man.
Gardai have appealed for information on the incident.
It’s understood there is CCTV footage of robbery and the gang escaped across Lifford bridge into Strabane.
Gardai have already liaised with the PSNI on the incident.
Meanwhile Susanne Arthur, the 89-year-old woman thrown to the ground by robbers on Monday, is facing surgery for a badly broken hip she suffered during that incident.
Her 91-year-old sister Isabelle is still badly shaken.
It’s understood Gardai have stepped up patrols in the Border area in a bid to thwart the thieves.
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