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Car stolen after driver threatened with beheading

By CASEY NEILL

Armed thieves jumped into a parked car in Dandenong while the driver sat inside, and threatened to chop his head off.
Police said the 25-year-old victim, from Dandenong, had parked the blue 1997 Toyota Corolla sedan in David Street about 10.45pm on Monday 4 July.
Two men approached and one got into the front passenger seat and produced what police described as an “edged weapon”.
They demanded the victim’s phone, wallet and car keys and told him to lay on the ground beside his car.
“Threats were made to the victim that they were going to chop his head off,” Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Karen McIntyre said.
The victim handed over his phone and keys and the thieves fled the scene in his car.
Det Sen Const McIntyre said the victim was not injured in the incident.
She urged anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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