By City News Service
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LYNWOOD (CNS) - A street vendor who has worked in the Lynwood area for more than 10 years was attacked and robbed, and police today were searching for four girls suspected of the attack.
Marilaura Lopez was working in the area of Oakwood Avenue and State Street just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday when the four girls stepped out of a silver sedan, ABC7 reported.
Lopez who spoke to reporters in Spanish said she thought the girls were there to buy shaved iced. However, two of them held her by her arms and took a bag Lopez secured around her waist that contained her earnings.