A woman in her eighties has been left shaken after her handbag was snatched in east Belfast
It happened as the pensioner was returning to her home in Kingsdale Park area around three o' clock.
The man took the bag and made off towards King's Road.
The suspect, believed to be in his early 20's took the elderly woman's belonging and made off towards Kings Road.
Police have asked any witnesses to come forward, and for the ladies bag to be returned.
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