They both work in the same office and i cant believe what happened today.
My mom was working in her office when she hears my sister shout 'we are being robbed' My sister comes running into the office follewed by a young lad who also worked there. There were a few others in the office too. The bloke and my sister were being chased by 4 men with baseball bats.
The 2 males in the office stood against the door to hold it shut. The office is in a factory and the foor walls are made of glass. The gang start to smash up the glass with the baseball bats.
The had 9 inch knives with them too.
My mom told my sister to get under a desk and she got under another one, there was smashed glass going everywhere and lots of shouting. Someone tried to call the police on the landline and couldnt get though. My sister got through on her mobile.
The gang was demanding the car keys of the bosses car (the bosses, both of them, had run off) The police took 20 mins to turn up, my mom and sister and the others were held at knife point until the car keys were found and they drove off before the police arrived.
I am shaken by it - i cant imagen how my mom and sister must feel. Imagen thinking that your child is going to get stabbed, even though my sister is 20 she is still my moms daughter. Imagen thinking that you would never turn up to pick your 5 yr old up from school. Its horrible.
I could have lost half my family today. Why do people do things like this? over a car!! the police think it was maybe a personal grudge against the bosses and armed robbery and assult for a car seems unlikely.
One poor young man broke down later saying he just wanted to go home and hold his children
It makes me so sad to think that there are people out there who can care so little for the lives of others. It could easily have been so much worse today. It doesnt bear thinking about.