Don’t bring a machete to a sword fight.
A Pennsylvania convenience store worker clerk one-upped two machete-wielding thieves who tried to rob his store and chased them off with his own bigger blade, police said.
Two teens wearing masks busted into Perry Market in Pittsburgh just before 10 p.m. Friday.
Both of the wannabe robbers were armed with footlong knives. One pointed his at a customer. The second jumped behind the counter and demanded cash from the on-duty clerk.
But the well-prepared cashier refused to give in. Instead, the clerk swatted at the weapon — and pulled out his sword.
“Then when he hit the sword that the dude had in his hand — my brother hit the sword — he ran away,” the clerk’s brother M.C. Hydare told WPXI. Hydare said he was in the store during the robbery.
With his larger weapon raised above his head, the clerk chased the thief out of the market.
The second robber — who was being restrained by the customer he tried to stick up — broke away and fled, too.
The two teens were able to snatch a couple of T-shirts from the shop on their way out, but ultimately dropped their loot as they ran off.
No one was injured in the sword-on-sword showing.
“I just want to give a message to them: don’t try this. You can have money in a better way. Not this,” Hydare said. “Please stay away. Go and find work somewhere.”
Police are still hunting for the two robbers.
The man who allegedly held up the customer is described as 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, wearing a hoodie and black pants. The robber who jumped behind the counter was wearing a red ski cap, a black shirt and black pants.
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