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Toronto Police released surveillance video Thursday showing a 91-year-old woman trying in vain to fend off a young attacker bent on stealing her handbag.

The woman was entering an apartment building lobby near Spadina Avenue and Oxford Street on Sunday when a man in his early 20s pushed her into a wall and pulled on her purse strap.

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But the nonagenarian fought back, struggling to keep hold of the bag with one hand while keeping the other hand on her walker. The thief, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, wrestled with the woman briefly before making off with what appears to be a purse.

The woman is seen chasing after the man when the security video ends.

In a Thursday news release, police described the attacker as a white male, between 20 and 25 years old, wearing a black T-shirt, blue shorts and a back back.