Thieves Attack Teenage Girl In Broad Daylight In Baħar Ic-Cagħaq
Photo credit: TVM
There were shocking scenes in Bahar Ic-Caghaq this morning, as a 17-year-old girl was attacked and robbed by two men while walking in Triq ir-Ridott, near the popular restaurant Marley’s.
The men jumped on the girl at around 8:30am, holding her down and stealing her mobile phone, a police spokesperson confirmed with Lovin Malta.
One of the men was arrested on the spot, but his accomplice managed to get away in a van.
On-site witnesses told state broadcaster TVM one of the men had grabbed the young woman by her hair and robbed her phone. She started screaming, alerting residents and workers in the vicinity, who ran to assist her and called the police.
Witnesses reportedly got details of the number plate of the getaway van and passed them on to the police.