ticotimes.net reported On Saturday night, assailants robbed three U.S. tourists in Costa Rica’s capital San José in an attack that ended with one of the victims rushed to Calerdón Guardia Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest. Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) told The Tico Times that the 24-year-old victim, Leah Britton, was in stable condition on Monday.
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Britton and two other tourists were walking in the Los Yoses neighborhood in eastern San José around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday when they were approached by men traveling in a gray car. Four suspects reportedly in their 20s stepped out of the vehicle and threatened the group with a gun. The attackers stole cash, cellphones and passports before telling the victims to lie on the ground. Read Article
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globalnews.ca reported an Ontario family’s idyllic vacation in the tropics might have ended in tragedy were it not for a mix of luck and knowing how to keep calm in a crisis. Jonathan and Heather Hubble, along with their 11-month-old daughter, travelled to Barbados in early March. Jonathan, making his way downstairs from the other […]
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com reported that Rupees one lakh and 8,200 pounds was stolen from a UK-based tourist residing at a guesthouse in Benaulim on Wednesday. Colva police said that 76-year-old John Charles Platt, a resident of Hillway road, Bembridge, England, was staying alone at Anita guesthouse at Vasvaddo, Benaulim. The incident took place between 11.30pm on Tuesday […]
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According to the Times of India, a man who drugged and robbed foreigners visiting Red Fort has been arrested. The accused, Ayaz Ahmed Rahmani, is originally from Darbhanga, Bihar, and resides in the Kalindi Kunj area, said Sindhu Pillai, DCP, north district. On December 20, Rahmani had robbed a Japanese woman Aya Amada. According to […]
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eturbonews.com reported that in Tortuguero Costa Rica, a tourist boat carrying from 30 to 40 foreign tourists was assaulted by gunmen from a speed boat. The tourists were on their way to a hotel in Tortuguero when four armed from the speedboat. The assailants removed from the passengers cash and passports. Foreigners included Americans, Europeans, […]
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Thanhniennews.com reports that Ho Chi Minh City police said Monday they have arrested a man who allegedly tried to snatch a cell phone from a Japanese tourist in District 1, Nguoi Lao Dong (Laborer) newspaper reported. Phan Tan Dung, 24, of District 5 was riding a motorbike on Ton Duc Thang Street near Bach Dang […]
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Shanghaidaily.com reports that a Sri Lankan tour guide has been arrested on the charge of having swindled 900 U.S. dollars from a Chinese woman after guiding her around the capital city, local media reported on Tuesday. The tourist had gotten into a three-wheeler commonly referred to by Sri Lankans as “tuk tuk”, a cheap form […]
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Buffalonews.com reports that an Arkansas man was robbed of his $400 iPhone early Saturday as he searched for a liquor store in downtown Niagara Falls, police said.. Police said the victim left his Buffalo Avenue hotel room about 1 a.m. and sought out directions from four young men, who offered to walk him to the […]
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Egyptindependent.com reports that six people were killed and another 25 were injured when a tourist bus bound for Sharm al-Sheikh overturned on Sunday. Ambulances transferred the victims to nearby hospitals. Civil Defense personnel and traffic police were in charge of removing the debris to allow traffic on the road, which had been halted for a […]
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According to china.org.cn, armed gangsters robbed a tourist and other Kenyan passengers of their personal belongings including money in Samburu county in northern Kenya late on Saturday. The middle aged man with duo citizenship of Australia and South Africa was attacked by armed men who stole unknown amount of money and his personal belongings worth […]
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