He took advantage of the bus stop. As soon as the doors opened, he snatched a girl's bag and fled .
A 28-year-old foreigner was arrested for what happened on Wednesday evening in Viale Sant'Avendrace, in Cagliari .
The young man had already been stopped by several passersby. One in particular, the one who then called 112 for police assistance, after the victim's cries for help, set off on his scooter in pursuit of the thief .
The 28-year-old, fleeing on foot, attempted to get rid of the bag by throwing it into a flowerbed, but shortly thereafter tripped on the sidewalk and crashed into a lamppost. At that point, his pursuer and others who had joined him blocked him until the police cars arrived on Viale dei Giornalisti .
The victim recovered the bag, the 28-year-old was arrested for aggravated theft, a measure validated by the investigating judge who also gave the green light for his expulsion .
(Unioneonline)
