Granny attacks jewel thiefs with handbag

LONDON - An angry grandmother used her handbag to fight off a gang of sledgehammer-wielding robbers who were attempting to raid a jeweller's shop in a British town, media reported Tuesday.

The woman in her 70s was captured on video running across a road to confront the crash-helmeted gang.

Wielding her handbag, she hit three of the six robbers and one fell off his moped as he tried to make his escape during the botched raid in Northampton, central England.

Five men have been arrested. The woman's identity has not been revealed.

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