In a failed purse snatching attempt late last month in Taoyuan County’s Longtan Township, the female victim surnamed Sung was going to defend her purse whatever it took. Sung immediately noticed that the purse snatcher was approximately 5cm shorter and significantly thinner than her. Being an athletic person, she turned around and pushed him to the ground, where she held him until passersby notified the police, who swiftly arrived on the scene to take away the thief.
The incident occurred at around 10pm as Sung was walking home alone. The 31-year-old suspect tried to yank her bag from her shoulder as he was riding his motorcycle past her. Sung immediately grabbed her bag and held on to it. She said that there was not much cash in the purse, but that her ID card, credit cards and other forms of ID were also inside. She did not think it would be a big deal if only the money was stolen, but there would be a lot of trouble if she lost all the IDs and credit cards. As she was struggling with the thief, she sized him up and realized he was thinner and shorter, and thus decided to put everything she had into pulling him down by herself.
Sung said that during the chaotic struggle the suspect took out a 25cm long iron wire which he had prepared, and fiercely stabbed her left arm and leg with the sharp end of the wire. Fortunately the wire was not thick or strong enough to puncture her skin, and merely scratched the surface. She gritted her teeth and held on with all her might and eventually pulled him down to the ground. If the passersby had not been there to alert the police, she would have eventually exhausted her strength and let him go.
Photo: Chen Yi-chuan, Taipei Times
照片:自由時報記者陳奕全
The police said that when they arrived the victim still had the suspect on the ground. The passersby thought they might be a couple having an argument; thus, they were afraid to intervene, and did not think they could offer much help. The police rushed to put handcuffs on the suspect when they arrived.
(LIBERTY TIMES, TRANSLATED BY TAIJING WU)
桃園縣龍潭鄉上個月底的一樁烏龍搶案中,宋姓被害女子死命保護包包,但馬上發現搶匪又矮又瘦,大約矮了五公分,也明顯更瘦小。運動型體格的宋女反過來把對方壓制在地,且在路人協助報案下,搶匪當場被迅速趕來的警察帶回。
當晚約十點鐘,宋女獨自步行返家。三十一歲的嫌犯騎著機車,從後頭強行拉扯被害女子背在肩上的包包。宋女迅速抓住包包,死命抵抗。她說包包內現金不多,但有身分證、信用卡等證件,她心想錢沒了事小,證件掉了就麻煩大了。與小偷扭打時,便定睛一看,見他長得比她矮瘦,決定放手一搏,非把對方扳倒在地不可。
她說混亂的打鬥中,嫌犯拿出預藏的鐵絲,長約25公分,鐵絲尖端已磨尖,猛刺她的左手臂、腿部,還好鐵絲不粗,也不夠堅硬,只刺傷表面皮膚,她咬牙硬撐,總算把竊賊壓制在地上,也多虧路人幫忙通知警察,否則再拖久一點,她也會力氣耗盡。
警方表示趕抵現場時,被害女子仍把嫌犯壓在地上,反倒是路人擔心是情侶爭吵,不想惹麻煩,沒有上前幫忙,警察迅速衝上,給嫌犯銬上手銬。
(自由時報記者羅正明)
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