Knife-wielding man robs Brookline convenience store

By Sarah Gantz, Globe Correspondent

Brookline police are looking for a robber who held a knife to the neck of the cashier of a convenience store Wednesday night and demanded that he empty the cash register.

The robber entered the One Stop Market on Cypress Street twice before attacking the store clerk shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, police said in a statement.

The man initiated conversation with customers both times. The third time he entered, he waited in the back of the store for other customers to leave, then approached the clerk.

Store surveillance video showed that the man grabbed the clerk from behind, held a knife to his throat, and demanded he open the cash register, police said.

Before rushing out, the man struck the clerk on the left side of his face, causing him to fall down.

No further information on the incident was immediately available, a police dispatcher said.

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