Two people riding motorcycles stole a luxury watch at gunpoint from a 73-year-old man who was walking with his wife on a street. near the Las Ventas bullring, confirmed to Europe Press police sources.
The attack took place on Tuesday around 9 p.m. on Donostiarra Avenue. Two men who were waiting on a motorcycle on a sidewalk threw themselves at the couple, I was coming back from shopping. One of them grabbed him by the neck, put a gun to his head and threatened to shoot him if he screamed, while the other thief took the Patek Philippe watch off his wrist , valued at more than 11,000 euros.
According to the description provided by the victim and reported by the newspaper The world, the driver of the motorcycle is a man of around 27 years old, Possibly Dominican, dark complexion, slim build and with face partially covered by a helmet. His companion, of the same apparent nationality, is described as a man aged between 30 and 35 years old, approximately 1.80 meters tall and with slightly voluminous curly hair.
Faced with calls for help from certain passers-by, the thieves fled the scene on a motorbike without stopping pointing their weapon at the 73-year-old man after having previously threatened him with a warning of “Don’t scream, I will kill you.” A National Police patrol arrived on the scene a few minutes later, but was unable to find the attackers.
They are now looking for these two people, who could have been helped by a third who had carried out “signing” work for the victim.
Flight to Ciudad Lineal
On September 23, another similar theft took place on Virgen de la Alegría Street. A 32-year-old Colombian man was attacked and injured by individuals who stole his watch and cell phone next to his Sales market, confirmed to Europe Press a spokesperson for Madrid police headquarters.
The events occurred last Friday around 9 p.m., in the Ciudad de Lineal neighborhood. A man was waiting at a red light for a VTC to arrive when he was approached from behind by several individuals, who They pointed a gun and a knife at him.
When he turned around, they hit him on the head with the butt, causing the pedestrian to fall to the ground, where they attacked him again in the same area, for which he started bleeding. Then the thieves demanded that he hand over his expensive watch, as well as his cell phone and the money he had on him.
A civil guard on leave passed by in his vehicle, got out and, after identifying himself as an agent of the authority, tried to help the victim. But the criminals pointed their guns at him as they quickly left the scene on a Honda motorcycle which later turned out to be registered in Barcelona, the newspaper detailed. The world.
The attacked person then went to the police station, where she filed a complaint, and was assisted by Samur-Civil Protection paramedics. who referred him to the hospital for a more complete examination and to perform several sutures on his head.
The national police were deployed on the spot after being warned by the civil guard, but they did not find the attackers. They are looking for three very violent people. The off-duty officer provided them with footage of the event recorded by his Tesla vehicle.
Now the Cronos group of the National Police in Madrid is investigating if this is what we call the “rolex gang”‘. Last Tuesday, two thieves on motorbikes attempted to steal a watch from this exclusive brand at gunpoint from an Argentinian couple in their seventies while they were walking in the Madrid district of Salamanca, without succeeding.
