Appeal after four terrifying knife-point robberies over just two days in town centre

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Police have issued an appeal for information after four terrifying knife-point robberies over just two days in Bury town centre.

Three robberies were reported on Wednesday night, while one was reported yesterday afternoon.

Officers said the first happened at around 8.30pm on Wednesday on Moor Street, near to Subway.

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The victim was approached by two males wearing balaclavas who pulled out a knife and demanded money from her.

The suspects ran off from the scene empty-handed.

The victim described the offenders as being two Asian males who were wearing dark-coloured clothing and were of skinny build and around 5ft 10in tall.

Police said the second incident happened at around 8.40pm on the same evening, at the bottom of Brunswick Street at the junction with Moor Road and Hornby Street.

The victim was approached by two baseball bat-wielding males who demanded to see inside her bag.

A passer-by stepped in to help and chased them in the direction of KFC.

This victim described the offenders as two Asian males, who were around 14-years-old and were dressed in all-black tracksuits with ski masks covering the bottom half of their faces.

The third incident was at around 9pm, on the footpath between Tesco and Moor Street, police said.

The victim was followed, before two males ordered to see her inside her bag.

They let her go after realising she had no money.

This victim said the first offender was a white male who was around 18-years-old and around 5ft 8in to 5ft 10in tall.

He was carrying a gold baseball bat, was wearing a grey zip-up hoodie and had short blonde/ginger hair which was curly on top.

She described the second offender as an Asian male who