Store owner foils robbery bid

FALL RIVER, MS — When a masked suspect entered a convenience store and demanded money on the night of October 9, owner Ahmad Abdulrahman took matters into his own hands to defend himself and his business.

The security video from the Farm Market convenience store on Cherry St. in Fall River shows a masked robber storming into the store and demanding money.

Dressed in black from head to toe and armed with a metal baton, the robber started threatening Abdulrahman, who happened to be behind the register.

“When he put his mask up, he was pleading me to give him the money only,” Abdulrahman said. “I said, no, I don’t have the money here.”

He grabbed a two-by-four and began fighting off the robber, chasing the suspect out of the store and down the block. He suffered some scrapes and bruises to his arms.

“Unfortunately, some people are so weak, they think it’s so easy to come in and take your money,” said Abdulrahman. “But not me.”

Abdulrahman is a survivor of the Syrian civil war. He bought the Farm Market convenience store one year ago.