LONDON: West Ham United striker Andy Carroll was threatened on Wednesday by dual motorcyclists who pronounced they had a gun in what was suspected to be an attempted armed robbery, according to reports.
The 27-year-old footballer was pushing towards his home in Essex, easterly of London, when he was approached during a connection by a dual motorcyclists who gestured they had a gun, a Press Association reported.
Carroll sped off in his Mercedes G-Wagon after a dual group allegedly demanded he stop. He returned to a West Ham training belligerent and military were called.
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London’s Metropolitan Police pronounced they were called to reports of an attempted spoliation during gunpoint in northeast London, but confirming a temperament of a victim.
“The dual group threatened a motorist and intimated by gesticulate that they were in possession of a gun. The motorcyclists attempted to retard a automobile as a motorist sought to get away,” pronounced a military spokesperson.
“The motorist of a automobile — a male aged in his 20s — was means to stratagem divided and he called military for assistance. The suspects rode off before to a attainment of police.
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“The motorist of a automobile was oral to and an claim of attempted spoliation was recorded.”
No arrests have nonetheless been made.
A bar orator said: “West Ham United can endorse an occurrence targeting one of a players on Wednesday 2 November. The matter is now being rubbed by a police.”
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