Some €800 in cash were stolen in a hold-up this morning on a catering shop in Schembri Street, Hamrun.
The hold-up was carried out by two men at about 3.15 a.m.
Both men were hooded, with one of them armed with a pistol.
Three employees and a client were inside the shop at the time. No one was injured.
A mangisterial inquiry and police investigations are underway.