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LONDON — British police say they’re on the trail of a burka-wearing bandit, or possibly bandits, who robbed three businesses in the past two months.
Police said Tuesday that three armed men, one wearing a full-body veil, stole watches worth tens of thousands of dollars from a jeweler in Banbury, 80 miles northwest of London.
Monday’s theft follows two incidents in which an assailant wearing a black burka robbed travel agents in the English towns of Dunstable and Luton, both about 45 miles away.
The first robbery occurred in early July. Another occurred about a month later.
Detective Constable Steve Guerin says police aren’t sure whether there is a connection between the robberies, but they seem “strikingly similar.”
