Attempted armed robbery, Upper Mount Gravatt
Police are investigating after a man attempted to rob a discount shop at Upper Mount Gravatt this afternoon.
Around 1.30pm a man entered the Logan Road business and threatened the female attendant with a pen and demanded money.
The female attendant struck the man on the hand with a pricing gun. The man ran off empty handed.
The female attendant was not physically injured.
The man is described as African or Torres Strait Islander in appearance, 165cm tall, aged in his early 20s, of average build, small beard under his chin and was wearing a grey shirt, dark pants, dark cap and sunglasses.
The man was last seen driving away in a white Hyundai I20 with registration plates 934RQL.
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