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A TEENAGER was shot three times when robbers burst into his home — to steal his Xbox.
They put a pistol in his mouth and threatened to shoot unless he handed over the £280 games console.
A struggle broke out as he went to fetch the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the victim, 18, was blasted point-blank.
One of the alleged robbers, 17, was stabbed. Both were last night “stable” in hospital.
It is thought to be the first time in Britain anybody has been shot for a games console.
A police spokesman said: “It’s fortunate the young man who was shot didn’t die.”
A source added: “You’re talking somebody being robbed and shot in their home for a games console. It’s the sort of thing you’d expect in America, not here. The violence used was extreme.”
Cops have appealed for anyone who saw two or three black men, one bleeding badly, after last Wednesday’s 3pm attack in Sydenham, South London.
They bailed one youth, aged 18, after the robbery.
The Xbox shooting follows a spate of robberies earlier this year after Sony released its PlayStation 3 console at games stores across Britain.
Crooks swooped on fans as soon as they left shops after the midnight launch
They put a pistol in his mouth and threatened to shoot unless he handed over the £280 games console.
A struggle broke out as he went to fetch the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the victim, 18, was blasted point-blank.
One of the alleged robbers, 17, was stabbed. Both were last night “stable” in hospital.
It is thought to be the first time in Britain anybody has been shot for a games console.
A police spokesman said: “It’s fortunate the young man who was shot didn’t die.”
A source added: “You’re talking somebody being robbed and shot in their home for a games console. It’s the sort of thing you’d expect in America, not here. The violence used was extreme.”
Cops have appealed for anyone who saw two or three black men, one bleeding badly, after last Wednesday’s 3pm attack in Sydenham, South London.
They bailed one youth, aged 18, after the robbery.
The Xbox shooting follows a spate of robberies earlier this year after Sony released its PlayStation 3 console at games stores across Britain.
Crooks swooped on fans as soon as they left shops after the midnight launch
