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Police are making enquiries after two aggravated robberies in Christchurch on Monday evening.<\/p>\n
Canterbury Police Acting Senior Sergeant Seb Kohnke said officers were called to a commercial premises on Briggs Road in Shirley at 8.10pm, where two people entered with a weapon and assaulted an employee.<\/p>\n
“The offenders have then fled the area in a stolen vehicle. It is unknown what was taken at this stage,” Kohnke said.<\/p>\n
The employee was taken to hospital.<\/p>\n
About 10 minutes later, at 8.20pm, police received another report of two people entering a premises with a weapon, this time on McBratneys Road.<\/p>\n
An employee there was also assaulted, and has been taken to hospital with moderate injuries.<\/p>\n
“The two offenders have targeted cash before leaving the area in a vehicle,” Kohnke said.<\/p>\n
Police are working to identify and locate the offenders, and figure out whether or not the incidents are linked.<\/p>\n