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In a new surveillance video released by Catalonian police, a Black male thief can be seen brazenly ripping a necklace off a disabled man riding in a motorized wheelchair and the proceeding to attack him. The aggressive robbery on the vulnerable man was far from the first, with Spanish police saying the two perpetrators arrested are known for targeting and robbing victims with disabilities.
The official police account of Catalonia also released a video narrating the attack, which has been seen nearly 800,000 times.
The X account stated: “They attacked a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair to steal a gold chain from him, in Cornellà de Llobregat. We arrested two men, one of whom had 26 criminal records for the same type of crime.”
The two men arrested in the incident were aged 20 and 26, with the attack occurring on July 29 in the morning. During the incident, the man resisted the thieves’ efforts, resulting in injuries to the victim, according to police.
Police checked security cameras in the area and were able to identify the perpetrators. The thieves were arrested at a later date. The two thieves are now appearing in a court in Cornellà, according to French news outlet L’independent.
Of the 26 arrests involving the one suspect, more than one involved targeting a disabled victim and robbing him or her.