Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A shopkeeper who fended off a machete-wielding robber attempting to steal cash from his store says the incident “doesn’t feel real”. Bikrant Malhotra was having a “normal morning” at his shop in East Kilbride when the masked assailant entered.

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