Police are praising the actions of a young woman who used karate skills to fight off two attackers in central Wellington in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The 18-year-old was walking home on Taranaki Street shortly before 6:30 near the Salvation Army store, when she was grabbed from behind.
She fought off the man as he dragged her towards a maroon coloured car, and punched another man who tried to take her handbag.
The incident is being treated as an attempted abduction. Police want to hear from anyone who witnessed anything suspicious in the area at the time of the attack.
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