A teenage girl has been held at gunpoint in Markethill.
Four men pointed a suspected handgun at Chloe Hawthorne and demanded she hand over her car keys at a house on the Seagahan Road yesterday evening.
The 17 year old was forced to walk over broken glass after they smashed a window at the property to get in.
Listen to the full interview here:
Her car was found burnt out in Dublin last night.
It is after a Vauxhall Insignia reported stolen in the Republic of Ireland crashed on the Seagahan Road in County Armagh a short time before the incident.
The female driver of a Ford car was treated in hospital for a number of non-life threatening injuries.
Two teenagers have been arrested by Gardai in the Republic of Ireland.
17 year-old Chloe Hawthorne has been speaking to Q Radio News after being held at gun-point in Markethill last night. Hear more on news @ 1 pic.twitter.com/UzN1VfzTO4
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) October 12, 2016
Detective Inspector Stephen Harvey is appealing for anyone who witnessed the incidents or anyone with any information that can assist with the investigation to contact Detectives in Lurgan by calling 101 quoting reference number 868 or 954 of 11/10/16.
Information can also be passed anonymously via the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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