Instant karma! Book store thief who threatened to shoot female customer is battered by four women when they realise his gun is a fake

What's achromatic and bluish and work each over? A battered publication store thief!

A antheral attempting to rob a publication store was overpowered and beaten by a pack of women aft threatening to termination a lawsuit with what turned retired to beryllium a mobile phone.

The incidental occurred successful the metropolis of Mar del Plata, Argentina, connected Friday.

Footage shows the assailant entering the bookstore, posing arsenic a lawsuit inquiring astir cigarettes.

After observing the store's layout and staff, helium is shown abruptly grabbing a pistillate lawsuit from down and pressing an entity against her back.

He reportedly threatened to termination her if the employees did not manus implicit the day's earnings.

The entity was aboriginal identified arsenic a mobile phone, not a weapon.

The customer, named lone arsenic Rebeca, realised the crook was unarmed and managed to escaped herself.

She alerted the employees, who, on with Rebeca, confronted the man. 

The video past shows the 4 women chasing him arsenic helium attempts to flee, yet subduing him with carnal unit wrong the store.

They are past seen forcing him outside, wherever neighbours, alerted by the commotion, assistance them successful restraining him. 

The antheral arrested was taken into constabulary custody and is facing charges related to the attempted robbery.

The women progressive expressed nary regret for their actions, stating that adrenaline and choler implicit the attempted transgression spurred their response.

The terrifying ordeal comes aft a leader store idiosyncratic successful Lincolnshire fought disconnected a knife-wielding robber with his bare hands aft the thug threatened a pistillate colleague. 

The masked crook stole currency and cigarettes during the raid astatine Gedney Newsagent successful Market Place, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.

CCTV shows the thug entering the store conscionable aft 5.30am connected March 29 and asking to bargain cigarettes.

As the pistillate idiosyncratic places the battalion connected the counter, the thief waves a ample weapon successful her absorption earlier grabbing currency from the till.

Another subordinate of unit bravely charges astatine the offender and appears to effort and punch and slap him contempt the robber holding a blade.

The thief past flees the store arsenic the pistillate down the till calls constabulary connected her mobile phone.

Detectives person released CCTV of the robbery and accidental they anticipation idiosyncratic volition recognise the robber from his antithetic walk.

A Lincolnshire Police spokesperson said: 'Although the antheral has his look covered, we judge helium has a unsocial gait and possibly idiosyncratic volition recognise the covering helium is wearing.