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87-year-old woman jumps from 2nd floor of home after being tied up by intruder

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An 87-year-old woman jumped from the second floor of her home after she was tied up by an intruder looking for money, in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Thursday morning.

According to police, the woman told them she was awakened just after midnight by a man who broke into her house and demanded money, NTV reported. He threatened her, then tied her hands and legs with a rope and began searching the house.

The woman managed to free herself and jumped from the second floor and went to her neighbor’s house. The neighbor called 110. 

By the time police arrived, the intruder had fled. The woman injured her leg during her escape and was treated at a hospital.

Police said the man entered the house by breaking a window on the first floor.

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The woman managed to free herself and jumped from the second floor and went to her neighbor’s house. 

She is 87, jumps from the 2nd floor and walks away? Wow! If I make it to 87 I want to be that genki.

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Good for granny. Glad she was OK. The article fails to tell us what region the intruder hails from and how much money he got away with. Nice of her neighbor to assist her despite it being late at night. More reason for security cameras in every room.

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Who knows if there even really was an intruder in that phantasy story. 87-yrs old woman, freeing from rope tied hands and legs and additionally jumping from second floor and making it relatively unharmed to the neighbors', that is altogether assigned with a very low probability, let's say nearly improbable.

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Good for her..

Take that scumbag and sent to jail..

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