Horrifying footage has captured the moment masked thieves wielding an axe raided a Leeds shop in broad daylight in front of terrified shoppers.
Onlookers froze in fear as they saw thieves smash the windows of a Ramsdens jewellers in the busy Morley high street this morning (June 8), and stole hundreds of pounds worth of jewellery. West Yorkshire Police raced to the incident which took place shortly before midday and have confirmed two men have since been arrested.
The terrifying video, which has been shared on Facebook, showed the thieves armed with axes smash multiple holes into the window of the shop before getting into a black Mercedes 4x4 with bags full of stolen goods and speeding off from the scene. Witnesses were frozen in shock at what they had just unfurl.