Post Office, Wimbledon

A blood-covered armed robber ended up being seen escaping with £5, 000 from a Wimbledon post office this afternoon.

Eye witnesses saw a number of males burst from the Junction Box Post Office in Wimbledon Broadway at approximately 3pm.

The post-office workers had been seen chasing the robbers but failed to capture them.

The sunlight robbers are believed to have reported £5, 000 as they timed their raid with a cash distribution on store.

Abdullah Ayouh, just who works in Aya takeaway opposite the postoffice, stated: “One of staff emerged in here a while later and he had been covered in bloodstream.

“He stated he previously already been struck after which they took the money.”

A witness inside New Wimbledon Theatre claimed that a guy with a bag of income went down Gladstone Road while Junction Box workers and pedestrians tried to end him.

Police shut the post-office and had been switching individuals away as further authorities cars – thought to be forensic teams – attained the store.

Staff in Chimichanga said police used their CCTV in an attempt to determine the robber, but cannot make out the image while the assailant sped past.

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