BY:FLORA LYIMO ~ MTAA WETU WAKUTENGENEZA PESA WAINGILIWA 'SMASH AND GRAB ROBBERY NDANI YA WORLD -FAMOUS SELFRIDGES ON OXFORD STREET IN CENTRAL LONDON "

Treatment: Police, medics and passers-by stand around a man who came off a moped on a street corner in central London who, along with another man, was apprehended by police shortly after a raid at Selfridges'

 

The men, one wearing a burka and the other a motorbike helmet, were held down until armed police arrived soon afterwards and arrested them.
The suspects were seized about 400 yards from the world-famous Selfridges department store, a few minutes after cases were smashed on its ground floor at 8.30pm last night.
Passersby reported seeing two axes left discarded at the scene soon after the attack, which occurred half an hour before the Oxford Street store was due to close.
 Nobody was hurt in the raid and the police quashed rumours that guns had been fired.
Matthew Carrozo, 28, saw the moped fall on the corner of Charlotte Street and Goodge Street.
He said: ‘It just came round the corner and slipped on a drain cover. The guy in the front was wearing a motorcycle helmet and the person on the back was wearing a burka.

Cordoned off: The men, one wearing a burka and the other a motorbike helmet, were held down until armed police arrived soon afterwards and arrested them"

Broken glass: The scene of a smash and grab robbery in Selfridges on Oxford Street in central London'

‘They dropped a duffle bag and six or seven watches fell out - there seemed to be at least 30 more inside.
Mr Carrozo, a digital marketing manager, added: ‘As soon as they hit the ground someone ran out of a restaurant and pinned them down - and then other people on the pavement joined him.

'They dropped a duffle bag and six or seven watches fell out - there seemed to be at least 30 more inside'

Matthew Carrozo, witness

‘The driver wriggled free and started running down Charlotte Street but he was caught and pinned down again. It was quite a struggle.’
Armed police arrived soon afterwards and cuffed the man in the motorcycle helmet before taking him away in a police van.
Paramedics treated the man in the burka for possible neck injuries before taking him away, accompanied by police.
Scotland Yard last night confirmed that two men were arrested after falling from a motorcycle.

Guns: Police officers at the scene of a smash and grab robbery in Selfridges on Oxford Street in central London"

Unharmed: Nobody was hurt in the raid last night and the police quashed rumours that guns had been fired'