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Lucky for some that our hero wasn't out 'shopping' in Waltham Abbey (Essex, UK) last Tuesday afternoon.
... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-46895779
Armed police were sent to reports of a woman pulled out of a car at gunpoint, only to learn it was a training exercise run by a private company.
Might have had a slightly different outcome.
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