A MAN has been injured in a robbery on a jeweller's shop in Sunderland.

"Just before 10am this morning police were informed of a robbery at a jewellers in Athenaeum Street in Sunderland city centre," said a spokesman for Northumbria Police.

"Extra officers are in the area and enquiries are being carried out to trace the offenders. It's thought one person, a man, has suffered minor injuries during the incident."

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