An elderly woman heading to a church service on New Year’s Day courageously fought off a group of teenage girls attempting to rob her at a Brooklyn subway station.


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'Oh, no, this not going to happen today': 71yo Brooklyn woman beats up 4 attackers, gives them taste of their own medicine on New Year's Day

Linda Rosa, 71 – a retired MTA computer operation worker who lives in East New York – got off a No. 3 train at Hoyt Street just after 6 p.m. and had just passed through the turnstile when one of the four girls tried to grab her purse, she told The Post Friday.

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Woman, 71, heading to New Year’s Day church service fights back when teen girls attack, try to rob her in NYC subway station

Cops are hunting four young women wanted for a botched purse snatching that left a 71-year-old woman battered inside a Brooklyn subway station on New Year’s Day. The elderly victim told police she had just exited through the turnstiles at the Hoyt. St. subway station in Downtown Brooklyn when the thieves launched their attack around 6:07 p.m., police said. 

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The NYC subways has morphed into a tableau of terror. Recent violent episodes paint a grim picture of a city under siege from within its own depths. From the horrific immolation of a helpless passenger to the relentless onslaught of stabbings and assaults, the headlines just keep coming — and what are politicians doing? Apparently nothing. The latest victim in this relentless onslaught of violence was a 71-year-old woman named Linda Rosa, whose …

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"I [thought to myself], ‘Oh, no, this is not going to happen today,’ ” Linda Rosa recalled of the incidentNYPD Suspects in the attempted robbery of 71-year-old New York City womanAn elderly New York City woman fought off four potential robbers on New Year’s Day.Linda Rosa, a retired MTA worker from East New York in Brooklyn, was on her way to a church service on Wednesday, Jan. 1, when she was attacked by four teenage girls, according to The New…

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N.Y.C. Woman, 71, Fights Off 4 Attackers Who Tried to Rob Her While Traveling to New Year’s Day Church Service

4 violent teens wanted for attacking elderly woman on NYC subway The NYC subway is totally safe. Just ask Kathy Hochul. New York Governor Kathy Hochul posts selfies showing how safe the subways are while police investigated the murder of a woman set on fire while she slept./Image @GovKathyHochul/X A bespectacled 71-year-old woman who was on her way to church on New Year’s Day was violently attacked by 4 teen girls on a New York City subway. Lind…

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A violent quartet of teenage females beat and tried to rob a 71-year-old woman in a Brooklyn subway as she was headed to church on New Year's Day — but the outnumbered victim wasn't about to lay down for the youthful mob.Linda Rosa — a retired Metropolitan Transportation Authority computer operation worker who lives in East New York – got off a No. 3 train at Hoyt Street just after 6 p.m. and had just passed through a turnstile when one of the f…

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4 teen females beat, try to rob 71-year-old woman in subway as she's headed to church — but victim has plenty of fight in her

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71-year-old NYC woman fights off teen attackers on way to church service

A woman was 'dragged to the floor' and mugged on a busy road in Swindon, as police investigate.

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A 71-year-old woman fought off 4 would-be robbers who tried to steal her purse while she was on her way to church.

71-year-old NYC woman fights off teen attackers on way to church service

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