As covered by newsinfo.inquirer.net, “A Norwegian teenager has been raped and robbed at gunpoint by two armed men in South Africa’s top tourist city of Cape Town, police said Tuesday. Police said the 19-year old exchange student was with a South African male friend when they were attacked at one of the city’s attractions, the 300-meter-high Signal Hill. They were forced into their car and ordered to drive to a nearby residential area known as Summer Greens…The couple were also robbed of their personal effects. No arrests have been made yet.” Read Article
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As reported by sfappeal.com, “A Minneapolis woman was robbed at gunpoint near Dolores Park in San Francisco on Thursday afternoon, a police spokesman said today.The robbery was reported at 4:44 p.m. in the 300 block of Liberty Street, which is between Church and Sanchez.The 23-year-old victim was walking in the area when a suspect approached […]
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On March 15, 2013, a U.S. tourist was assaulted in a commission of a kidnap express. The victim was out for the evening with a date and took a taxi at about 9:00 PM from Mariscal Sucre about one block from plaza foche. After driving for for about five minutes the taxi stopped, at which […]
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As covered by stuff.co.nz, “A Canadian tourist was robbed and left on the side of a rural road by a group of men he befriended in a Northland bar last night. The 23-year-old tourist met the group at bars along Kings Road in Paihia and agreed to go to Kawakawa to go to a party. […]
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As covered by bangkokpost.com, “Pattaya police have arrested a man accused of feigning injury by faking a fall off a motorcycle to steal a foreign tourist’s purse. Police received a report of the robbery in South Pattaya on Tuesday night. On arrival they found two Russians restraining a 26-year-old man later named as Sakda Banasarn. […]
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As covered by thenational.ae, “L M, 28, from Holland, called the police after a thief ran off with her handbag, but when they arrived she became abusive. When the patrol met her on Sheikh Zayed Road near the Zaatar and Zeit restaurant she told them a thief had cut the strap of her bag then ran […]
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Peru21.pe reported that Five armed criminals robbed of all his belongings to the 25 passengers who travel by bus Romeliza company. Five hooded criminals with guns stormed a bus last night interprovincial Romeliza company, which started from the city of Arequipa bound for Puno. The thugs posed as passengers to board the vehicle. In the […]
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A group of Chinese tourists was robbed in Paris on Thursday, less than two hours after arriving. Two of the tourists in the group of more than 20 from Wuxi in Jiangsu province, and their tour guide, had their purses snatched by a group of people at around 7:30 pm after they left a Chinese […]
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As reported by thanhniennews.com, “Police in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 10 have detained a woman and hunted three accomplices who allegedly helped her rob a female Japanese tourist last week…The gang reportedly stole $1,190 in USD, 5,800 Japanese Yen ($61), VND11 million and a pair of earrings from the Japanese visitor, according to media […]
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As recorded by dailymail.co.uk, “Two Britons on a Caribbean cruise were recovering in hospital today after being shot by an armed robber during a stopover on the holiday island of Barbados…The man, in his 70s, was shot in the left pelvis area, while the woman, in her 50s, was shot in the right thigh as […]
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