Woman in her 90s helps prevent bank robbery by hitting robber with walking stick

An aspiring bank robber in Poland was soon stopped by an angry pensioner.

The knife-wielding thief was no match for her older nemesis and her terrifying cane.

Images show how the pensioner uses her mobility device as a weapon to keep the perpetrator at a distance.

She had also pinned the other woman’s hair to prevent her from escaping.

The incident took place on Tuesday, December 6, at a branch of PKO Bank Polski in Przemysl, southeastern Poland.

A young woman broke into the bank branch, attacked an employee with a knife and demanded money.

Images taken in the branch show how the attacker, later identified as 26-year-old Zoja P., takes the employee hostage.

A woman asks her, “Ma’am, what are you doing?” To which she replies, “I’m robbing the bank.”

The woman then asks, “Why?” To which Zoja P. only replies: “Because.”

The attacker can then be seen putting PLN 12,500 – £2,300 – in cash, which she had recently received, into a large bag.

But then, seemingly out of the blue, an elderly woman who sneaked up behind repeatedly hits her on the back with her cane.

Zoja P. is dazed for a moment before others step in and overpower her.

One of those grabbing her is heard yelling, “Get the knife!” A man in a suit then snatched the gun from her and handed it to another woman.

The staff then discuss the police call and are told that the officers are on their way.

Officers later arrived on the scene and arrested the young woman before taking her into custody.

It later transpired that she had both Ukrainian and Russian nationality and was not registered with the Polish authorities.

She admitted to being robbed of a dangerous instrument and claimed to prosecutors that she tried to rob the bank because she needed money to get back to Moscow.

As part of the investigation, she is subjected to a psychiatric examination. If found guilty and in her right mind, she faces at least three years in prison.

Przemysl District Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman Marta Petkowska said of the unlikely hero in the story: “In this whole situation, the elderly lady who reacted at the right time and thwarted the attack undoubtedly deserves credit.”

No one at the bank was injured at the time of the incident.

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