Two purse-wielding UW-Madison students fended off a would-be purse-snatcher early Tuesday morning, with one of the women “blasting” the attacker with repeated blows from her purse weapon.
According to Madison police,the two 21-year-old females were walking in the 400 block of N. Broom St. at 2:10 a.m. when they were approached by a stocky man, either Latino or Asian, wearing a white “hoodie” jacket.