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French woman knocked down while giving chase to snatch-thief
View(s):A French woman who tried to give chase to a snatch-thief in Anuradhapura town on her bicycle sustained injuries when she was knocked down by an oncoming truck, police said. The 25 year old woman and her friend were on two push-cycles when she noticed that her colleague’s bag attached to the rear of the cycle being snatched.
She immediately tried to cut across the road to give chase to the thief when she was hit by the oncoming truck. She is recovering at the Anuradhapura hospital. The driver of the truck was arrested but the thief escaped.