Robbery

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    Priceless items stolen from Dresden’s Green Vault museum

    Thieves have carried out a heist at Dresden's Green Vault, one of the world's oldest museum containing priceless treasures and jewels, German officials said. The treasury of Augustus the Strong of Saxony was established in 1723 and

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    Gran, 82, fights off shop raider with walking stick

    An 82-year-old grandmother fought off robber at the newsagents shop she owns - by beating him with her walking stick. The raider, wrapped in a blue sleeping bag, burst into Hanley's AJ and J Newsagents in Stoke-on-Trent and demanded cash.

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    Heroic elderly couple fight off machete-wielding robbers with plastic chairs and flip flops

    This is the incredible moment a heroic elderly couple successfully fought off machete wielding would-be robbers - armed with plastic chairs and FLIP FLOPS. CCTV footage shows a masked raider creep up behind 72-year-old Shanmugavel and attempt to

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    Police appeal after shocking cashpoint robbery

    Police have released this shocking CCTV footage in an attempt to trace a woman who punched, slapped and robbed a 40-year-old woman at a cashpoint in Leytonstone, east London. The victim was withdrawing money from a cashpoint, while a second woman

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    Hapless would-be robber drops his gun - and his trousers

    Police in the US state of Colorado have released CCTV footage of a would-be robber who tried to rob an e-cigarette store in Aurora, but failed in comical fashion. The video shows a man wearing a cap and sunglasses entering the store, walking up

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    Cop shoots and kills two robbery suspects while holding infant son

    A child was caught up in a deadly shootout in a pharmacy in Brazil. The Sao Paulo State Police say Sgt. Rafael Souza was off duty and shopping with his wife and child when armed robbers came into the store. Souza pulled out his own gun and fired

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    Heartless taxi driver knocks over biker and steals his money

    CCTV footage has emerged of the moment a taxi driver knocks over a motorcyclist at a junction – and then, instead of helping him up, proceeds to steal the man's dropped money. The incident took place in Salta, Northern Argentina,