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Masked thugs 'hold gun to 11-year-old's head' in terrifying family home robbery

Scary CCTV footage shows the moment armed robbers raided the family's home in Walsall, West Midlands

Walsall home raid
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TERRIFYING footage captured the moment masked thieves "held a gun" to an 11-year-old boy's head in a daylight robbery. 

Thugs allegedly took jewellery, car keys and a Rolex watch in the brazen heist in lawless Walsall, West Midlands. 

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Reports say suspects "put a knife" to a 71-year-old gran's neck as six men entered the family home in Athlone Road on Wednesday. 

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Ring doorbell video shows the group attempting to flee in the family's Range Rover before its immobiliser stopped them.  

Walsall

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West Midlands Police told SundayStar.co.uk they were investigating an "aggravated burglary" and urged witnesses to call 101.  

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"My son was there, he was very shook up. He is only 11. These guys had guns, they put a gun to his head," a relative told BlackCountryLive. 

"They put a knife to my mom's throat, which is his grandmother, then they put a gun to my dad's head. 

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"My son was pleading with them 'please don't shoot my grandad, don't stab my grandma'. He was crying and screaming but they weren't bothered." 

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