National
81 year old Danish tourist dies after bag snatch in Barcelona
By h.b. - May 23, 2008 - 7:21 AM
email this articleThe woman was pulled to the ground and suffered head injuries, she died in hospital four days later.
An 81 year old tourist has died in Barcelona after a bag-snatch incident. Police say the Danish woman died from the blows she suffered to her body in a fall during the robbery, as a moped pulled alongside her and the pillion passenger grabbed her handbag on the junction between the Avenida Madrid and the Gran Via de Carles III.
Witnesses say she initially held onto the bag and was pulled down to the ground.
Europa Press reports that she died in hospital four days later, according to the Catalan regional police, Los Mossos d’Esquadra.
The victim had arrived in Barcelona that same day with her daughter to spend three days in the city. The Danish Consulate is now organising the repatriation of the body.
MORE RELATED ARTICLES :
• Gang of Lithuanian thieves broken up in the Axarquía - Jul 28, 2008 - 7:01 AM
• Thieves rob the home of Civil Guard Chief as he sleeps - Jul 25, 2008 - 8:37 AM
• Thieves dressed up as painters to rob homes in Madrid - Jul 25, 2008 - 7:48 AM
• Orihuela resident posts information to burglers telling them there is no money inside his house - Jul 16, 2008 - 7:14 AM
• Violent gang broken up in Cartagena - Jun 22, 2008 - 10:47 PM
• Third arrest following violent theft from home in Aspe - Jun 10, 2008 - 8:35 AM