Italy: 90-year-old beats two Moroccan muggers

Turin, 22 Aug. (AKI) - A 90-year-old man in Turin beat two men with a stick for stealing his gold necklace in the northern city of Turin on Wednesday. The two alleged thieves, both Moroccans, were arrested.

The elderly man was walking to the news agent when the pair, 28 and 30 years old, used an excuse to pull him over to steal his gold necklace. The victim violently beat them, causing one of them to drop the necklace and run. The other criminal managed to pick the necklace up and escape.

A passer-by who had witnessed the scene from his car calmed the 90-year-old man and followed the two delinquents while talking with the police on the phone until they stopped in a bar. The police arrested the two Moroccans and returned the necklace.