I was walking there at 6am when this short guy came out of the blue and tried to snatch my bag. I couldn’t let my bag go so easily, so I gave a fight and we struggled. I screamed. He wanted to take out something from his trouser pocket (a weapon maybe) but I ran to the middle of the road. He saw the lights of the oncoming traffic and gave up, cursed and disappeared in the bushes.
From the point of view I think it’s one of the vagrants who live by the river near the Douglasdale retirement village side. I live in a complex nearby and sometimes at night we hear gunshots.
I often meet people running/walking in the area so I just want to let them know that they should be careful.
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