AN Italian thief thanked police officers for arresting him


	AN Italian thief thanked police officers for arresting him

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8-3-2009 7:32 PM

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8-3-2009 7:51 PM

Antara

Two men from the family, in their 20s, chased him for several hundred
metres before they got him down with tae-kwondo moves. They disarmed
the thief and continued to beat him.

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