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Moscow police hunt robbers after $60,000 stolen in street attack

10:14 13/04/2009

MOSCOW, April 13 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow police are searching for two men who attacked a car repair cashier and made off with a bag containing 2 million rubles ($59,608), a police source told RIA Novosti on Monday.

According to the source, the robbery occurred in Moscow's south on Sunday when the cashier and her husband approached the entrance to their apartment.

"The robbers used the threat of physical force and took the bag with 2 million rubles that belonged to the [car service] company and fled," the source said.

The source said a criminal case may be opened over the incident.

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