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Bag with €100,000 stolen from elderly woman in Kypseli – Victim describes attack: “She grabbed me by the neck, I fainted”

The woman claims that she had picked up the money from the bank and as soon as she entered the building she was attacked - Police officers are investigating the cameras in the area to identify and arrest the perpetrator

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An elderly woman in a robbery fell victim to Kypseli when a man attacked her and snatched a bag containing 100,000 euros.

She had picked up the money from the bank and when she entered the entrance of the apartment, she was attacked by a man, according to The STAR.

After being attacked by an assailant, he was attacked by a police officer

“He came up behind me and grabbed me by the neck, squeezed me and I passed out. I realized something had come off me,” the woman said.

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“I had 100,000 euros. I had gone to the bank and when I came out I looked right, left, back,” she said. As she described it, she was waiting for the elevator when “a tall, black man” came in and grabbed her purse. “Once I came to, I couldn’t walk, I was passed out, I was in pain and I couldn’t see,” she added.

Residents in the area reported that there have been other similar incidents, “In my apartment building something similar happened. They followed a woman from the bank, took her to the basement of the apartment building, and beat her up. Something has to change.”
Something has to change.

police officers are investigating cameras in the area to locate and arrest the perpetrator.

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