Treforest: Boy robbed at knifepoint walking home from school
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The boy was robbed on a walking and cycle path on a former railway line which runs between Treforest and Tonteg
A 17-year-old boy has been robbed at knifepoint by two men as he walked home from school.
South Wales Police said the teenager was approached at about 10:45 GMT on Monday 28 February.
One of the men had a 20cm (8in) carving knife, and the boy was forced to hand over £120.
He was on a footpath off the B4595, Llantwit Road, near a statue of Sir Tom Jones, in the singer's home town of Treforest, Rhondda Cynon Taf.
The robbery was near metal statues of Sir Tom Jones and two other well-known local figures, James James and John Hughes
Police are looking for two black men, in their early 20s. They headed off in the direction of Tonteg.
They were wearing snoods over their faces, black baseball hats on their heads, hoods pulled over the hats and black tracksuit bottoms.