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A man linked to a rash of convenience store robberies — including one in which a Slurpee was flung at a store clerk — got an unexpected surprise in the form of a beatdown from a clerk Tuesday night, during an attempted robbery at a southeast 7-Eleven.

The 14-second security video footage initially shared on Reddit shows a thief walking into the store around 11:30 p.m. before launching himself over the counter and digging for something behind it.

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The clerk, who refused to comment on the incident, took two steps backward before unloading at least eight blows to the thief’s head and tossing him back over the counter.

Dazed, the thief took a second to collect himself before fleeing the store.

Police believe the man they have in custody is the one shown in both the Slurpee-flinging incident as well as the video from Tuesday night.

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Acting Staff Sgt. Scott McCann, with the Calgary Police General Investigations Unit in District 4, said they had been looking for the suspect in connection with up to 10 other convenience store robberies, and that charges are pending.