Terrifying moment masked man 'robs Scots store with meat cleaver'

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The male wearing a black balaclava is seen wielding a "meat cleaver" in the horror footage.
A terrifying video has shown the moment a masked ' robber ' brandishes what appears to be "a meat cleaver" at a shop worker before he "raids the store till".
At 8.15pm on Thursday June 26, the incident unfolded at Armadale's Premier Lower Bathville store.
In the clip shared with Edinburgh Live, a male with his face covered by a black balaclava and wearing a grey and black tracksuit top, with grey joggers and grey Adidas trainers, can be seen entering the store with what appears to be 'a blade.'
The petrified shop worker looks to be threatened before he is forced to open the till for the alleged armed robber.
The male appears to take bank notes from the till before exiting the store and leaving the area.
The brave shop worker calmly stands at the side of the alleged robber before moving in the direction of the shop entrance.
In a statement on their Facebook, Premier said: "There was a robbery at the shop at 8:15pm, if anyone know anything about this guy please let us know."
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On Tuesday, in a separate incident, we reported that a restaurant supervisor hit out after a balaclava-clad gang attempted to steal her bike while she was working.
Footage captured by a diner at Le Petit Beefbar on George Street in Edinburgh showed a group of three thieves attempting to take the bike on Thursday.
Anna Mykhailova, 22, says the group used 'large rocks' in an attempt to smash off the lock before diners and colleagues at the restaurant 'teamed up' against the trio in broad daylight.
Anna said she was "relieved" her bike was not taken but says if the group hadn't acted fast "it could have been gone in minutes".
She said: "My colleagues told me not to freak out but when I found out what happened, my face completely changed - I thought it was a joke at first.
"There was three guys trying to steal my bike but a customer was screaming at them and trying to get them off
"Another bartender screamed at them too and told them to leave. Luckily, the bike lock did it's job because they had a rock with them and started smashing it but they couldn't get it off.
" The police were there within five minutes. The group was three males in balaclavas and all of them were on the same moped."
Anna said she paid a lot of money for the bike after saving up for over a year and it is her main commute to work.
She added: "It was a relief when everything was fine in the end but it could have been gone in two minutes.
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"I had only had the bike for one year and I saved money for a while to get this specific one because I was involved in an accident last year.
"If I didn't have the bike, I don't know what I would do - I would be so devastated if it was taken."
Officers confirmed the incident was reported to them and said their enquiries are ongoing.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 7.20pm on Thursday, June 19, we received a report of the attempted theft of a motorbike on George Street in Edinburgh. Enquiries are ongoing."