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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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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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