A family of nine in Nasinu is in shock after one of their family members was robbed in their shop around 1pm today.

A close family friend Dhiren Prasad told Fijivillage News that the man went to the Shopping Centre and asked for cooking gas, and as one of the brothers while attempting to take in the gas cylinder opened the burglar grill, when the man entered the shop with three others.

Prasad said the four then threatened the brother with a knife asking for their valuables.

The four fled in a van with an unknown amount of cash, cigarettes and liquor.

Police are hunting for the four men.