Two men have been arrested in Belfast following an armed robbery this morning in which a policeman had a pistol held to his head.
The men were captured shortly after hijacking a bus near Holy Cross Church on the Crumlin Road at around 7.30 a.m. The driver was forced at gunpoint to hand over a sum of cash.
A passing Police Service of Northern Ireland patrol was alerted and gave chase. The men were apprehended at the junction of Hesketh Road and Crumlin Road. A police spokesman said one of the men held a pistol to the head of a police officer in an attempt to escape.
The officer and the bus driver were treated in hospital for shock.
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