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Gran turns tables on shocked robber
A Croatian gran
almost brained a supermarket robber after she threatened him with her walking
stick and he tried to frighten her off with an electric shock device.
As
soon as the pensioner was zapped on the chest her walking stick arm whipped down
- and cracked the unlucky robber on the head.
Brave gran Andjelka Gojak,
66, said: "I thought a couple were having a row when I saw the man was actually
trying to grab a bundle of money off a woman supermarket cashier. I threatened
him with my walking stick and told him to go away and then he pushed something
against my coat. It shocked me and my arm whipped down - smacking him on the
head. It was a really loud crack and he dropped the money bag and ran off
holding his head."
Police where the attack happened in the southern
Croatian town of Makarska say they are still looking for the crook. Supermarket
worker Ana Svragulja, 38, had been taking the money to the bank when the man had
pounced.
Austrian Times
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