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Man Threatened To Douse Woman With Acid In UES Robbery, Police Say

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A robber threatened to douse a woman with acid Monday in a robbery at an ATM on the Upper East Side, police said.

Police told CBS2 around 4 p.m. Monday, a woman was accosted by a suspect at a Citibank on East 68th Street and First Avenue.

The suspect ordered the woman to hand over cash from the ATM or get doused by a dangerous liquid, police said.

The suspect, described as a man wearing all black clothing, ran south on First Avenue, police said.

The same thing happened to a different woman at the same bank earlier in the week, police said.

It is not known whether the threat was real in either case.

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