Shane Su­perville 

Po­lice be­lieve the same man was be­hind two rob­beries re­port­ed just hours apart on Tues­day morn­ing in Cunu­pia.

Around 4 am, a 54-year-old woman was walk­ing along Has­sarath Road near Es­mer­al­da Gar­dens when a man armed with a knife ap­proached her and stole her bag, which con­tained two cell­phones, $400 in cash and oth­er per­son­al items. He then ran off.

The sus­pect was de­scribed as be­ing of African de­scent, slim-built, bare­back, and wear­ing torn grey three-quar­ter pants.

Around 7.30 am, a gro­cery store man­ag­er on the same road was about to leave home when a man walked in­to his bed­room and an­nounced a rob­bery.

The man­ag­er tried to wres­tle the knife from the in­trud­er but was cut on both arms dur­ing the strug­gle. The sus­pect es­caped with the vic­tim's wal­let.

Po­lice said the de­scrip­tion in both in­ci­dents matched, and they are treat­ing the two rob­beries as con­nect­ed.