The police have launched a major manhunt after a jeweler on Roselaarplein in Roosendaal was robbed. That happened around 11 a.m. Wednesday morning. Shots may also have been fired during the robbery. Several robbers then fled on scooters. Those scooters were found burning a short distance away.
According to a 112 correspondent, it is a jeweler. According to a police spokesman, a witness reported that shots were fired. What exactly happened is still under investigation.
The scooters on which the perpetrators fled were found a little further along the Molenbeekpad. A police helicopter is now also looking for the perpetrators.
The owner of the jeweler is late BN DeStem know that a boy rang the doorbell at the store around 11 a.m. Then two masked men entered. One of them had a sword with him, with which he injured the owner on his left hand when he did not want to cooperate immediately.
Five minutes later, the men would have left again. Outside, one of them would have fired a shot into the air. The perpetrators are said to have looted jewelry, part of which they lost during their flight.
