ESSERE DONNA

(ANSA) - Bologna, February 8 - An Italian widow sent a young assailant packing Friday by hitting him in the face with her shopping in a village near Bologna.The young man, said to be ''about 25'', set on the 75-year-old woman and tried to tear away her shoulder bag.The widow hung on fiercely and swiped him a hefty blow with a supermarket bag.Bashed in the face, the attacker gave up and ran away.''I'm glad I bought those two jars of jam,'' the woman told police.''That's what probably did for him''