An easy target: young girl, alone, burdened with a bag and coat, walking and distracted. He came out of nowhere, it seemed, and hooked his arm through her bag, which was slung crosswise across her body. Using the strap and his greater weight, the man in dark clothes pulled her into the dark space between the buildings without a sound. He swung her by the bag, intending to stun the girl against the brick wall, but he found himself spinning in a full circle when the counterweight disappeared and he was left holding the girl's messenger bag.
Bewildered, the would-be mugger and, quite possibly, rapist, scanned the narrow corridor for his prey, wondering why he didn't hear her fall or cry out or slip on the garbage. The girl's bag dropped from his flailing hangs when his head was jerked back by a strap around his neck and he found he was incapable of anything but a wheezing, choking sound. His feet flew out from under him, and he hit the ground hard, his remaining air whooshing out of his lungs and his head ringing with the impact.
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