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Gutsy elderly couple fights off robbers with chairs, shoes

The incident was caught on CCTV camera and the footage was widely shared on microblogging site Twitter

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Who says age matters? In a rare display of bravery, an elderly couple fought off two armed robbers in Tirunelveli city of Tamil Nadu. The incident was caught on CCTV camera and the footage was widely shared on microblogging site Twitter.

The clips shows an elderly man sitting on the veranda of his house when a robber comes from behind and tries to strangulated him with a piece of cloth. The senior citizen somehow manages to get up from his chair to pick a book. He is ready to put up a mighty fight.

While the man struggles to get himself freed, his wife comes out of the house, apparently after hearing some unusual noise. But just when she walks out of the door, another robber, carrying a sharp weapon, emerges in the video.

In her attempt to rescue her husband, the elderly woman starts throwing footwears on the robber, reacting to which he threatens her with the sickle-shaped weapon in his hand.

Meanwhile, the old man's fight continues and he falls off the chair. This gives him the chance to pick up the chair. He then starts hitting the robbers with the chair, while his wife keeps throwing objects like the dustbin and a stool on the attackers.

Despite repeated attempts by the robbers to harm them, the elderly couple puts up a brave fight throughout, protecting themselves and attacking the miscreants with whatever object that they could grab.

After minutes of struggle, the couple manage to drive the robbers away from their house, clearly unaware that they would be hailed heroes across the nation.

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