Elderly grocery store owner suffers from shock after coming face-to-face with thief

A small grocery store was broken into on Sunday in the Paphos village of Giolou.

According to police the alarm sounded at lunchtime and the 84-year-old owner ran to see what happened.

She saw the thief trying to unplug the TV and run away, carrying a host of other items which police did not specify.

The 84-year-old owner suffered from shock and later gave police a description of the attacker and the vehicle he used to get away. Residents of the area also gave police statements from their eyewitness accounts.

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