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A callous mugger violently snatched a purse and Bible from a 77-year-old woman on a Queens sidewalk on Sunday, police said.
The thief hit the woman in the face and stole her possessions on 36th Avenue near 21st Street in Astoria at about noon, cops said.
Surveillance video of the robbery shows the man aggressively tugging at the woman’s bag until he rips it free.
The woman suffered cuts to her hands and was evaluated on scene by EMS, but refused additional medical attention, police said.