MASKED armed robbers struck at Gweru’s Spar Supermarket where they tied the hands and feet of a security guard before they broke into the shop around midnight on Sunday.

The robbers failed to open a safe in the supermarket and only got away with bottles of alcoholic beverages and the security guard’s mobile phone.

They covered the security guard’s head with a sack after threatening to shoot him with a pistol and left him tied up for about six hours before he was rescued.

Spar Supermarket Gweru branch manager, Mr Chrispen Thomu, said it was not known how many robbers carried out the raid.

He said the armed robbers entered the supermarket through the back door and went on to cut through the roof to gain entrance to the safe room.