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Harlem hero has a go

A heroic woman in New York turned the tables on a gang of muggers who tried to steal her handbag. 26-year-old Marie Conde of Harlem had briefly dozed off while taking an early morning subway train, only to be awoken by a gang of would-be thieves.

“I opened my eyes, and one of them punched me in the right eye,” she told the New York Post. “I just started screaming really loud. And then one of them grabbed my purse and they ran out. I didn’t know what to do, so I just started running after them. I grabbed one of them by the arm.”

As she held on for dear life and struggled with the thieves, she yelled over to two people to call he police. The muggers pleaded with her to let them go before dropping the bag and running away. They were later apprehended by the police.

Praising Ms Conde’s actions, a law enforcement source said: “She is one bad-ass mama.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .