Hair thieves have struck again
Friday, January 25, 2008
Hair thieves have struck again - this time targeting a woman who had not cut her tresses for 20 years.
It is believed the hair, cut from the heads of women in lightning attacks, is being sold to wigmakers for high prices.
In the latest attack, cheeky hair thieves in Aracaju, Brazil, two men on a motorbike grabbed a housewife and used a machete to cut off her 1.5m-long hair.
The woman told police she was walking to church when she was assaulted late on Tuesday, police officer Antonio Williams da Silva.