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HIT Notable: Failed Carjacking/Kidnap - Unconventional Weapons

Here is a recent news story:

ESCONDIDO: Woman fends off violent attacker, loses car.
Carjacker/attempted kidnapper considered armed and dangerous.
By North County Times

Saturday, April 18, 2009

ESCONDIDO —- A 22-year-old woman used a hot cup of coffee to fend off an armed assailant during a violent struggle in a parking lot Friday morning, police said.

The case is being treated as a carjacking and an attempted kidnapping, Lt. Neal Griffin said. The man responsible is considered armed and dangerous, he said.

Shortly before 9 a.m., the woman was unlocking her car in the parking lot of Albertson’s grocery store on East Valley Parkway when a … Continue Reading