He chased two young men who had stolen a pair of glasses from his shop but when he managed to stop them one pointed a knife at him.

Moments of fear last night in via Cavour, in the center of Sassari.

A man from Sassari and a non-EU citizen entered the optical shop, one grabbed his glasses and both ran away. The trader set off in pursuit but, having managed to block them, one of the two pulled out his knife to guarantee his escape.

One of the thieves was intercepted by the police , alerted by the optician, and the other was identified thanks to video surveillance images.

They are accused of robbery .

(Unioneonline/ss)

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