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A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Co Donegal following a robbery in Northern Ireland on Saturday evening.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it received a report that a shop on Culmore Road, Co Derry, had been robbed at knifepoint at about 7.30pm on Saturday.
After the man left the shop, witnesses said he pulled a knife on a taxi driver and forced him to drive across the Border, according to the PSNI. The taxi was located near Muff, Co Donegal.
An Garda Síochána arrested the man and a sum of money was recovered from the vehicle.
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It is understood the taxi driver was assaulted and injured during the incident and received eight staples to a wound in his head.
The arrested man remained in custody at Buncrana Garda station on Monday morning.
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