Cagliari, caught after 600 meters of running on the beach: "I, the soldier who stopped the thief of Poetto"
The protagonist of the chase is Marco Fanari, vice president of the Municipality of PirriIn there, inside the Army establishment, at Poetto in Cagliari , everyone knows each other. That's why the presence of two North Africans, not even wearing bathing suits, seemed strange. Marco Fanari, soldier and vice president of the Municipality of Pirri , kept an eye on them right away.
«They were ten meters from my umbrella», he says, «when they grabbed a smartphone ». The two men took advantage of a moment of inattention from the owner, who was still nearby. Perhaps recklessly, considering the establishment they were in. And in fact Marco Fanari didn't think twice: "I ordered them to leave what they had taken, but they fled".
It is at this moment that the chase begins . The two run away along the shoreline: "They went through the Air Force establishment, then continued to run along the free beach," continues the soldier. « After about 600 meters they separated , continuing their flight towards the seafront, in the area of the cycle path». And it is here that Fanari manages to reach one of the two: «In the meantime», he explains, «they had got rid of the smartphone, which was recovered. I immobilized the thief, asking passers-by to call the police ».
Within a few minutes, two police cars arrived and took the man away, also rescuing him from the anger of the bathers who had witnessed his escape.
(Unioneonline/L.Ne.)