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BOR, Serbia, Nov 21, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A masked man broke into an eastern Serbian apartment Tuesday, beat and robbed a 70-year-old woman, the 16th time she was mugged in as many years.
The assault occurred one day after local media in the industrial town of Bor, 100 miles southeast of Belgrade, reported about Ruzica Topic and her ordeals through 15 robberies over the past 15 years, Belgrade's Beta news agency said.
Topic, who lives on a pension she earned while working in Austria, said the masked man broke into her apartment through a window at dawn Tuesday.
After beating her on the head with his fists and cutting her with a knife, the burglar ran away with some $900.
Last week, thieves stole her gold watch, credit cards and a cell phone.
Her German-made car, stolen last summer, has not been recovered, Beta said.
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