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Four teenagers were aggressively mugged in a frightening incident in Malahide on Sunday night.

Two girls and two boys, aged between 15 and 16, were walking onto the Dublin road near the Malahide Cricket Club when they were approached by a group of teenage boys.

A local dad, whose daughter was one of those mugged, said the shocking incident was all over in a matter of minutes.

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He told Dublin Live: "My daughter, her friends, a girl and two boys, were walking out of the castle on Sunday night.

"A group of teenagers approached them and quickly put the two lads in a headlock.

"They started violently shouting at my daughter and her friend looking for their phones and money.

"I think they took about €45 off one of the lads and €20 between the rest of them, they all had iPhones so they didn't want them as they can be tracked.

"They asked for drugs as well but obviously they didn't have any.

"Luckily none of the lads were badly injured or anything, they got a few kicks maybe but nothing major."

The local dad said the yobs were very calculated and strategically planned exactly where to rob the teens.

He added: "It was all over in about a minute, they were very quick about it.

"They seem to be co-ordinating these attacks to bus and train times so they can be gone real quickly afterwards.

"Where they did this one is so close to a bus stop so they could just jump on and get out of there and wouldn't be caught."

Gardai confirmed they are investigating an incident on November 4th on the Malahide road at 7pm.

This is one of a number of recent incidents in the Malahide and Portmarnock areas with teenagers seemingly being targeted.

Over a week ago one young man was mugged in Malahide Castle by a group of three teens and threatened with his life.

The frightened teenager was told by a gang of thugs they would "kill him" if he reported being mugged to the gardai.

The 17-year-old was pinned against a wall and robbed of his phone and jacket near Malahide Castle last Friday.