A gang of eight males robbed and threatened two teenage boys outside a McDonald's in a busy shopping centre.
Metropolitan Police said today (December 18) that a group of eight males approached two teenage boys and demanded their mobile phones last Thursday (December 14).
The force had received reports of a robbery outside McDonald's in The Brewery shopping centre in Romford that day.
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"One of the males intimated he was in possession of a knife and threats were made," a police spokesperson said.
A phone was taken before the gang left The Brewery, police added.
The investigation continues, police said, but nobody was injured during the incident.
If you have any information you can call police on 101 quoting CAD 6179/14Dec or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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