Saturday, August 28, 2010

Bag snatcher stabs woman in torso

August 27, 2010

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A woman has been slashed with a pair of scissors by a thief attempting to snatch her bag in Braybrook this afternoon.

The victim suffered injuries to her upper torso when the would-be bag snatcher attacked her just before 2.30pm outside shops on Ballarat Road.

The Age understands the thief fled on foot empty-handed. A police spokeswoman said no one had been arrested over the incident and police did not have a description of the offender.

An Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman said the woman suffered minor injuries and is now in Sunshine Hospital in a stable condition.




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UPDATE

August 29, 2010

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TWO people face armed robbery charges after a shopper was stabbed with scissors during a bag-snatch attempt in the car park of the Braybrook Shopping Centre yesterday.

A young woman stabbed the shopper and tried to grab her handbag, police said. When the shopper fought back, a man joined the attack and allegedly assaulted the woman while trying to loosen her grip on the bag.

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