Two assailants are understood to have got out of a white car, believed to be a Ford Focus, with tinted windows in the city centre and approached the black Chevrolet Onix that Agustina was driving, alongside two employees of the supermarket, one male and one female.

The robbers then smashed one of the car’s window and grabbed two rucksacks, each filled with four million pesos in cash, before running off.

Fortunately no-one was seriously injured, although the occupants of the Chevrolet were treated for shock.

The robbers took over £18,000 worth of Argentine pesos from the car, which Agustina and the two other passengers were driving

Agustina and the other people in the car were treated at the scene by paramedics, and police have put up traffic cones around the scene

The robbers fired at least one bullet during the shock robbery

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Marianela, a Único worker who was inside the car during the robbery, told local media: ‘We were going from the store to the bank to deposit money. They broke our windows and took our bags.

‘At the moment when everything started I only heard impacts. When we got out we saw the bullet impact.’

She added that she was confused as to how the robbers knew they were carrying the large amount of money.

Police are still investigating the robbery, and said that the assailants used ‘at least one car’

Police chief Diego Santamaria said: ‘The shot occurred apparently when the vehicle tried to speed away from the scene’

The attack took place in Lavelle, near the centre of the Argentine city of Rosario