Two men attacked a clerk at the Newington 7-Eleven on Richard Street and held him at knifepoint during a robbery early Monday morning, police said.
Newington police responded to the store at 1:42 a.m. on Monday to investigate a reported armed robbery.
Two men in dark clothes entered the store, assaulted the clerk and then held him in the store's back room, police said. It's unknown whether the robbers stole anything.
No arrests have been made at this time and police are looking for two suspects caught on security cameras.
Police described the suspects as about 5-foot-7 and said that the thinner of the two men was wearing a mask and carrying a knife. the other man was of a heavier build, according to police.
Police ask anyone with information to contact Det. Derek Aivano at 860-594-6230.
