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Queens woman, ambushed while taking out trash, is robbed of $3G

- BY WES PARNELL

A pair of armed robbers ambushed a woman taking out her trash in Queens, forcing their way into her home — where she wrestled fiercely with them before they made off with $3,000 cash, startling video shows.

The 35-year-old victim was putting out the garbage outside her apartment near College Point Blvd. and Sanford Ave. in Flushing when the two crooks pointed a gun at her about 6:40 p.m. on Friday, demanding she take them upstairs, police said.

Video taken inside her apartment shows the two men subduing the woman, a gun pointed to her head, as she writhes and wrestles to get away.

One robber told the victim “not to cry our else they’d shoot her,” a police source said.

The crooks made away with the $3,000 in cash, two iPhones, a Louis Vuitton purse and credit cards, police said.

The victim didn’t know her attackers, but police believe she was targeted because she handles cash, operating a skin care and beauty business from her apartment.

The robbers were both slim and wore black masks and all-black clothing. One of the crooks had the words “OFF THE WALL,” a common Vans slogan, on the back of his jacket, police said.

Cops are asking the public’s help identifyin­g them and tracking them down.

Anyone with informatio­n is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidenti­al.

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Video of two armed robbers who forced the victim back into her Flushing home and pointed a gun at her head.

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