'All I heard was my sister screaming': Nanaimo teen sisters attacked in brazen home invasion
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Two teenage sisters were treated by paramedics Monday after an intruder broke into their Nanaimo, B.C., home and attacked them with bear spray.
Mounties say the attack happened just before 3 p.m. at a home in the 5200-block of Lost Lake Road.
"I thought that this guy was a military man when I first saw him, until I realized what he was doing to us was bad," said one sister, named Emma, who's full identity we're not fully revealing.
The intruder was wearing a black balaclava and camouflage clothing, according to the RCMP.
The girls' mother, Veva Leigh, says it appears the intruder, who may or may not have been acting alone, stole several electronics, clothing, and a collection of vintage skateboard stickers from the basement of the home, before going upstairs and confronting the two girls.
"She tried to scream and the guy shot her in the mouth with the bear spray at very close range, and after he did that he grabber her laptop right out of her hands," said Leigh.
Her other daughter, Bella, says she "couldn't breathe" and felt paralyzed by the encounter.
"All I heard was my sister screaming at me to run."
The sisters ran to a neighbour's home where the police were called.
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