article_snippet.sent: Two armed robbers have been caught on camera using a sledgehammer and an axe to try and smash Two armed robbers way into a jewellery shop.
article_snippet.sent: One of two robbers who used a sledgehammer and an axe to try and break in to a jewellery shop .
article_snippet.sent: The attempted break-in took place in Pemberton, a suburb of Wigan in Greater Manchester, on Saturday afternoon.
article_snippet.sent: One of Two raiders used a sledgehammer to smash through an internal wooden door and the other used a axe to smash security glass at Uncle Jewellers and Pawn Brokers.
article_snippet.sent: When a worker barricaded an internal wooden door and pushed one of a worker back through the broken window a worker fled the scene, threatening a member of the public with a axe as a worker did so.
article_snippet.sent: Greater Manchester Police are now investigating whether the incident is linked to a similar break-in at another Wigan jeweller last week, which also involved a motorbike and a sledgehammer.
article_snippet.sent: Detective Sergeant Pete Carletti said: 'This attempted robbery happened in broad daylight on a busy Saturday afternoon in Pemberton town centre. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Two raiders tried to attack a jewellery shop in Wigan, Greater Manchester .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Two raiders smashed in with an axe and sledgehammer but a brave employee managed to hold Two raiders back .
  