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NZ tourist killed in robbery attempt at California mall
A 68-year-old tourist from New Zealand has been struck and killed by a car during a botched robbery at an upscale mall in a popular Southern California beach city south of Los Angeles, police say. Violence broke out on Tuesday afternoon at Newport Beach’s Fashion Island mall when two men, one with a gun, tried to rob a woman and her husband at a Barnes and Noble store, Newport Beach police Sergeant Steven Oberon said. The woman was dragged into the street by one of the suspects and killed by a third man driving a white sedan, Oberon said, adding that the three men then fled in the sedan.