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Published 1/11/07
Filed under: Miscellaneous

From the BBC:

Police hunting mystery swordsman

Police on Tyneside are seeking a man carrying a sword who came to the aid of plain clothes officers during a burglary attempt.

The officers were threatened by a man with a knife after they discovered armed men trying to break into a house in Laygate, South Shields.

Another man armed with a samurai sword appeared and attacked the man with the knife, before leaving the scene.

Three men have been charged with aggravated burglary.

One faces an additional charge of attempted wounding with intent to resist arrest.

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5 responses (add yours)

GaryL says:

NINJA JUSTICE!!

January 11th, 2007 at 6:26 PM

gnomic says:

similar thing happened in Chicago many years back. A mugger pulled a knife on a guy walking back from a science fiction convention and said “I’ve got 6 inches of steel here- gimme your wallet.” They guy opened his cloak and said “I’ll see your six and raise you 50″ and chased the guy into a police station.

Don’t know if its true, but people I know swear it happened.

January 11th, 2007 at 8:56 PM

gnomic says:

er.. 30, not 50!

January 11th, 2007 at 8:57 PM

jazepentz says:

I read this story and started laughing my ass off!!!! You gotta love it when stuff like this happens!!

January 12th, 2007 at 2:50 AM

Leland says:

Hoo-ahh! So why are they looking of him? I would hope they want to thank him for his assistance.

But in this day and age, he is probably in trouble. **SIGH**

January 12th, 2007 at 11:25 AM
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