1.   He told of how a pickup truck driver nearly lost his life when the second robber tried to commandeer his vehicle.

2.   The robbers then allegedly tried to strangle the manager because she was a witness.

3.   The remotely activated device was triggered when the robbers tried to get out the locked back door, police said.

4.   A hold-up goes amiss and the would-be bank robber tries to escape through the front door.

5.   His chin was grazed by a bullet last year as robbers tried to steal a car he had won in a race.

6.   Lupian said police had already surrounded the area when the robbers tried to flee.

7.   Some Hong Kong robbers have tried to fake mainland accents to veil their identity.

8.   The robbers tried to attack the raiding policemen but were gunned down, Divakaran said.

9.   A shootout occurred earlier when the robbers tried to flee the bank.

10.   An angry mob in the Nigerian city of Lagos set ablaze two suspected robbers trying to flee after a hold up, a local radio station reported Thursday.