Muggers foiled

TWO muggers were injured in Alicante city after crashing a stolen motorcycle. 

Earlier they had snatched handbags from three middle-aged women in the Carolinas Altas district before running off. Police were alerted and a patrol car intercepted the bag-snatchers at the Via Parque intersection where they suffered minor injuries after falling from the stolen motorcycle. The pursuing police car ran into the raised roundabout there, damaging the vehicle although the officers were unharmed.