Phnom Penh Post - Peaceful park becomes a one-sided battle field
There's strength in numbers - a lesson learned the hard way by a pair of patsies after being robbed by five men in the wee hours on Sunday in the capital’s Daun Penh district.
The two men were sitting in a park after 2am when the mini-mob pulled up on their motorbikes, brandishing a sword and hurling rocks.
The targets took off in terror, leaving behind their own moto, which vanished with the villainous gang. Police are investigation.
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