Detectives are investigating a robbery at a Birmingham supermarket, during which a sales assistant was attacked.

The man was punched and kicked to the floor by two masked men who ran into the Lidl store on Silver Street, Kings Heath at around 8.45pm on Monday night (16 March).

Other members of staff were taken into rear offices where the robbers demanded access to the safe.

The offenders managed to grab cash before fleeing and leaving the scene in a dark coloured car along Silver Street.

Police urge anyone with information to call Force CID in Birmingham by dialling 101.