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17/02/2012
Anna Lo Avoids Car-Jack Attempt
The South Belfast Alliance Party MLA Anna Lo has revealed she was the victim of a failed car-jacking attempt on Friday.
The MLA was threatened at knife point on Lawrence Street at 12.45pm. Ms Lo said she and the attacker , who was between 11 and 14, had a short stand-off before the attacker ran off without taking the car. Ms Lo was not injured.
Ms Lo told the BBC: "I think he recognised me and ran away. I had left a bag and my handbag behind the driver's seat and as I straightened up out of the car, he was behind me."
The Alliance MLA said the youth demanded her keys, but when she refused to hand them over there was a he ran off through a nearby alleyway.
(GK/DW)
The MLA was threatened at knife point on Lawrence Street at 12.45pm. Ms Lo said she and the attacker , who was between 11 and 14, had a short stand-off before the attacker ran off without taking the car. Ms Lo was not injured.
Ms Lo told the BBC: "I think he recognised me and ran away. I had left a bag and my handbag behind the driver's seat and as I straightened up out of the car, he was behind me."
The Alliance MLA said the youth demanded her keys, but when she refused to hand them over there was a he ran off through a nearby alleyway.
(GK/DW)
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