Two teenagers arrested for street robbery in Wervik

Two teenagers arrested for street robbery in Wervik
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Two teenagers will be taken before a Kortrijk investigating judge, on suspicion of violent theft in Wervik.

According to information obtained by the Public Prosecutor's Office of West Flanders, an 85-year-old cyclist on his way home was mugged at about 23:00 on Saturday evening.

The robbery was violent and both perpetrators fled once passers-by interfered.

The suspects (an 18 year-old man and woman) were apprehended and will appear before an investigating judge on charges of violent theft.


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