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Decorative items not only look beautiful, but can also be very practical (symbolic image)
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This robbery failed miserably: A 72-year-old shopkeeper in Baden-Württemberg put a robber to flight with decorative items. The unknown man had threatened her on Friday evening in her toy and stationery shop in Dossenheim with a sharp object and demanded cash, the police said on Saturday. The woman then threw decorative items from her shop at the masked man. The police did not specify which decorative items were involved.
The perpetrator probably did not expect appropriate resistance and therefore fled the store on foot - and without looted goods. The police are asking witnesses to come forward.
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