Masked raiders armed with machete and pool cue storm Manchester pub "Strawberry Duck"Bolt doors and tie up staff and customers to empty tillPub's CCTV cameras captured the terrifying lunchtime raid last monthOne of raiders oddly pets a sandy coloured dog while watching hostagesMen escaped with quantity of cash and are still being hunted by police A police spokesman said the two men left the pub with a quantity of cash and ran off down the canal in the direction of the city centre.CCTV footage of the robbery on at 12.40pm on February 7, has now been released in the hopes of identifying the robbers.As one of the raiders was left alone to guard the hostages he stroked a pet dog that had wandered into the downstairs barDetective Constable Alexander Day said: 'Almost four weeks has passed since the robbery and I hope that by releasing this footage it might help to identify who the two men responsible for this terrible incident are.'This is still very much an active investigation and I would like to reassure anyone who may have been concerned by the events of that day that we are committed to finding the offenders.'I would also like to pay tribute to the pub's owners and staff who managed to stay calm and reassure the customers who had been caught up in this terrifying situation.'If anybody has any information at all, no matter how little you might think it is, then please contact the police.'