Weird world: Old lady robs teenager at gunpoint

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This week we bring you the weirdest news from South Africa and Indonesia.

Johannesburg police are hunting for an elderly woman who asks young men to help carry her bags and then robs them at gunpoint. Kabelo Dube, 18, is the latest victim of the alleged robber, who he said seemed innocent and walked with a stick, the New Age reports. Dubee was asked by a man to help the pensioner with her bags at a shopping centre. Following the pair to their car, Dube claimed they put a gun to his head, drove him away from the shopping centre, and robbed him of $173. Indonesian taxman and convicted criminal Gayus Tambunan is supposed to be locked up in a Jakarta prison,...

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