Pensioner, 70, fights off mugger trying to snatch her handbag on a Moscow street
You picked the wrong pensioner! Moment woman, 70, fights off mugger trying to snatch her handbag on a Moscow street
A brave pensioner, 70, managed to fend off a mugger in Ostozhenka, MoscowCCTV footage shows a man grabbing her handbag and attempting to run offBut the brave woman refuses to let go and is dragged several feet along the roadShe eventually manages to push him off and a pedestrian then chases him awayMoscow police said a 22-year-old suspect faces charges of attempted robbery
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CCTV captured the moment a brave pensioner managed to fight off a would-be mugger who tried to snatch her handbag on a deserted street in Russia.
The dramatic footage shows the woman, believed to be 70 years old, fending off the man in Ostozhenka, central Moscow.
The clip begins with the woman walking along an empty pavement when a man runs up behind her and grabs her bag, before attempting to make a run for it.
But the determined pensioner refuses to let go and staggers after the street robber, who tries to shake the bag out of her vice-like grip.
CCTV footage shows the moment the man tries to snatch a handbag off a woman, believed to be 70 years old, in Ostozhenka, Moscow
The woman loses her footing and is dragged along the road on her back for several feet – but still she refuses to give up her bag.
A brief struggle ensues, with the elderly woman unable to get up from the road.
She then manages to push the man off her as a pedestrian runs across from the other side of the road.
The pedestrian chases the thief down the pavement and away from the pensioner, who slowly manages to get back up on her feet after the shocking attack.
According to the suspect, he attempted to take her belongings on a ‘dare’ and tried to free his hand after the woman fell off the curb, but the woman had ‘twisted’ his hand together with the bag.
He claimed he did not take anything and just ran away after freeing his hand from the bag, Reuters reported.
The alleged attacker was arrested shortly after the incident by police officers, the interior ministry said in a statement.
In the clip, a thief is seen grabbing the woman’s handbag and attempting to run away with it, but the woman refuses to let go and is dragged along the road (above) for several metres
After a brief struggle (pictured), with the elderly woman unable to get up from the road, she manages to push the man off her as a pedestrian runs across from the other side of the road
Moscow police said the elderly woman sought out medical help after overpowering the mugger in the failed robbery.
The 22-year-old suspect faces criminal charges of attempted robbery, police confirmed.
The suspect claimed his friends had dared him to try and ‘pull out’ things from a pedestrian’s bag and escape.
According to Reuters, he said: ‘I was walking with my friends, they dared me whether I could take it away or not. I pulled it, the woman fell of the curb.
‘I tried to pull my hand out but she twisted my hand together with the bag. I tried to pull my hand out.
‘I dragged her across the ground, when I freed my hand I ran away. I didn’t take anything, I just ran away.’
When a police officer asked him whether he was aware that his friends were suggesting that he commit a crime, he said he did not understand this, although he was sober at the time.
The suspect told police he went to a shop and bought a bottle of whiskey, before returning to the scene in a bid to give the bottle to the victim as an apology.
