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Sword-Wielding Do-Gooder
Updated: 15:11, Thursday January 11, 2007
Police are trying to trace a mysterious samurai sword-wielding vigilante who came to the rescue of two officers when they were being attacked by an armed gang.
The officers had been set upon after they tried to disrupt a burglary at a flat in Laygate, South Shields.
A group of men had knocked on the door pretending to be policemen before forcing their way in to ransack the place.
The passing plain-clothes officers were alerted when a woman inside started screaming, and went to help.
However, they were outnumbered, and the criminals were armed with a hammer, knives and a metal chain.
One of them lunged at a policeman with his knife - but just as he did so, a mysterious do-gooder appeared from nowhere and attacked him with a samurai sword.
One of the burglars ran off, but was stopped by the stranger, who hit him on the arm with the sword.
He was arrested, along with another man from the flat, but in true superhero fashion the samurai man disappeared before police could speak to him.
A third man was arrested later. Two men are still being hunted.
Police are particularly keen to trace the man with the sword who came to the aid of their officers, and appealed for anyone with information to call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Updated: 15:11, Thursday January 11, 2007
Police are trying to trace a mysterious samurai sword-wielding vigilante who came to the rescue of two officers when they were being attacked by an armed gang.
The officers had been set upon after they tried to disrupt a burglary at a flat in Laygate, South Shields.
A group of men had knocked on the door pretending to be policemen before forcing their way in to ransack the place.
The passing plain-clothes officers were alerted when a woman inside started screaming, and went to help.
However, they were outnumbered, and the criminals were armed with a hammer, knives and a metal chain.
One of them lunged at a policeman with his knife - but just as he did so, a mysterious do-gooder appeared from nowhere and attacked him with a samurai sword.
One of the burglars ran off, but was stopped by the stranger, who hit him on the arm with the sword.
He was arrested, along with another man from the flat, but in true superhero fashion the samurai man disappeared before police could speak to him.
A third man was arrested later. Two men are still being hunted.
Police are particularly keen to trace the man with the sword who came to the aid of their officers, and appealed for anyone with information to call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91059-1246969,00.html
some people speculate that he escaped by bending space and time
