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| Pensioner dies in handbag snatch | Pensioner dies in handbag snatch |
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| An 81-year-old woman has died after she suffered fatal injuries in a mugging in north-west London. | An 81-year-old woman has died after she suffered fatal injuries in a mugging in north-west London. |
| Molly Morgan was targeted at about 2000 GMT in Streatfield Road, Harrow, as she walked alone to teach an adult education class, police said. | |
| Mrs Morgan fell when the suspect grabbed her handbag. She died from her injuries in hospital eight hours later. | |
| She worked for an educational association and was on her way to one of its meetings when she was attacked. | |
| It is absolutely tragic she was on her way to a meeting of an organisation set up to benefit others when she was attacked John Pennells, Harrow Council | |
| Mrs Morgan worked for the council's Workers' Educational Association (WEA), which provides adult education, for 25 years. | |
| She was walking to Kenton Library, where she organised a local class, when the incident took place. | |
| Harrow Council head of library services, John Pennells, said she was a "salt-of-the-earth person". | |
| "She was very friendly to all and worked tirelessly for the WEA cause." | |
| He added: "It is absolutely tragic she was on her way to a meeting of an organisation set up to benefit others when she was attacked." | |
| Police have begun a murder inquiry and appealed for witnesses to come forward. | Police have begun a murder inquiry and appealed for witnesses to come forward. |
| No-one has been arrested. | No-one has been arrested. |