VIC:Two charged in scissors attack

08-28-2010
VIC:Two charged in scissors attack

MELBOURNE, Aug 28 AAP - Two people are facing armed robbery charges after a shopper
was stabbed with scissors during a bag-snatching attempt.

A woman was walking to her car at the Braybrook Shopping Centre in Melbourne's west
when she was approached by a young woman who pulled out a pair of scissors.

The young woman stabbed the shopper and tried to grab her handbag, police said.

When the shopper fought back, a man joined the attack and allegedly assaulted her while
trying to loosen her grip on the bag.

The pair eventually gave up and sped away in a nearby vehicle empty-handed.

Police arrested two people hours later.

A 31-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, both of St Albans, have been charged with
attempted armed robbery, intentionally causing serious injury and various assault-related
offences.

They will appear in Melbourne Magistrates' Court next week.

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KEYWORD: SCISSORS

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