日前，意大利热那亚市的一名80多岁老妇人持刀抢劫银行未遂。老妇称，银行拒绝向她提供1350英镑的贷款，导致她产生持刀抢劫银行的念头。

    据《卫报》11月1日报道，这名老妇在热那亚市的一家银行开设了一个帐户。因经济上入不敷出，她向银行借贷1350英镑，但银行只同意支付小额贷款。恼羞成怒的老妇回家拿了菜刀准备抢劫。当银行经理出面阻止时，她还挥舞着手中的菜刀以示威胁，并追逐着经理在银行内绕了几圈。警察赶到后，这名老妇人表示，她已守寡10年，亡夫留下的养老金已不能再满足她正常生活的开支。目前，警方已对老妇发出指控。

    A woman in her 80s attempted to rob a bank in Genoa yesterday after being refused a loan of ?2,000 (about ?1,350) to "help make ends meet".

    The woman, who had an account at the bank, pulled out a kitchen knife after being told she could only borrow a smaller sum. According to the news agency Ansa, when the manager intervened, the woman waved the knife at him and chased him around the bank.

    After police were called, she said she was widowed 10 years ago and the pension left by her engineer husband was no longer sufficient. Police filed charges but she was not arrested.