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Kelowna store and customer robbed at knife-point Sunday

Security camera image of a man who robbed a Kelowna store and customer at knife-point late Sunday afternoon.

A man used a knife to rob a Kelowna food store and a customer Sunday afternoon.

It happened at the M & M Food Market on Harvey Avenue.

The robber demanded money from the till and forced a customer to hand over her purse.

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He fled the store along Ambrosi Street towards Springfield Road with an undisclosed amount of money and the purse.

“The woman’s purse contained additional cash and a beige wallet with her personal identification and various bank and credit cards inside,” said RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey in a news release.

Police say the robber may have left the area on a bike or in a vehicle.

He’s described as caucasion, about 30-years-old, wearing blue jeans, a black hoodie underneath a black windbreaker jacket, a grey and white baseball hat and white shoes.

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His face was covered with a black bandana.

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