Criminals incapacitate security guards before stealing luxury goods from high-end clothing store
Dozens of masked thieves used bear spray to take down security guards before stealing around $100,000 (£78,800) worth of goods from a department store in California.
A gang of between 30 and 50 people descended on Nordstrom, a high-end clothing store, at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Woodland Hills, near Los Angeles.
They used bear spray to incapacitate security guards before they made off with handbags and designer clothing, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Police said the thieves deployed the spray, designed to prevent bear attacks and which can cause severe irritations to the eyes and affect breathing, on two security guards.