MASKED robbers tied up two women and hit one of them in the face in a raid on Clayton-le-Moors Post Office.
Police flooded the area but wasted valuable time chasing another gang of youths who sped through the area soon after the attack. It was the seventh post office raid in less than four months in East Lancashire.
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