German shoppers sprang to the help of shoplifter who was being detained after trying to steal clothes at a department store, wrongly assuming she was being attacked by strangers, police said.

• 警方说，一个打算偷衣服的女扒手在一家百货商场里遭到扣留，商场的顾客们却误以为她遭到了陌生人的骚扰，纷纷“拔刀相助”。