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Philadelphia Police Searching For Suspect Who Punched, Sprayed Mace At Woman Waiting For Bus In Christmas Day Robbery

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia police want the public's help in a brazen Christmas robbery caught on surveillance video. The victim was waiting for the bus on the 2000 block of East Allegheny Avenue in Kensington, around 8:15 a.m.

A white SUV pulled up and a woman got out of the passenger side.

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She then snatched the purse of a 51-year-old woman waiting for the bus, sprayed mace and punched the victim in the process.

The suspect fled in the white SUV. The victim was not seriously injured.

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