Police are investigating a robbery in the Tsilivi area, after a 70 year old woman was brutally attacked. The woman in her seventies, was with her grandson when her grandson decided to go to the local shop, to watch football. The woman was alone in the house but had woken up to see intruders standing over her.
The assailants had smashed a glass side panel of the door and entered the house. The woman woke up only to see the assailants standing over her.
Two of the young male perpetrators tied the lady up, using a cable from a fan, before they continued to beat her asking for money. The third person a young woman, searched the house. The robbers made off with a watch and some money after ransacking the whole house.
Their movements have been caught on CCTV and Police are studying the footage.
The injured woman was taken to hospital with facial injuries and has been kept in for further observation. Meanwhile, Police are investigating the incident and are checking for possibilities that include that the assailants could be within close circles of the victim.