A family have described how they were held hostage at knifepoint by a gang of masked thugs in a terrifying home raid.
The raiders gained access to the family home in West Bromwich after one duped the homeowner by pretending to be a delivery driver who then forced his way into the home and ordered the family to lay on the floor.
Zara Downes, 21, told how she had to watch in horror as the thugs held a knife to her mum who was carrying Zara's six-week-old child at the time.
She said: "One of the men pretended to be a delivery driver so we would open the door – my dad even joked that he thought it was a pizza delivery driver.
“But before we knew it three masked-men had burst through the front door and had pushed us onto the ground and stuck a knife against all of our throats.
“They even pointed a knife at my mum who was holding my six-week-old baby – it was horrific.
“We were forced to lie flat on the floor and was told if we looked up we would be stabbed but I kept trying to get up as I wanted to get to my children.”
As the family were held hostage, some of the gang members tore through the home – searching for cash – at around 7pm, reports Birmingham Live.
Zara added: “They kept shouting ‘where is the cash, where is the cash?’ But we didn’t have any.
“They even ran upstairs and threatened my brother with their blades – despite not being able to find anything.
“The ordeal must have lasted around three minutes but it felt like an eternity.”
The violent gang were forced to flee empty-handed after the botched raid, which has since been reported to the police.
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