Having recently previously written that crime on Gozo is virtually nil, unfortunately I have just been made aware that a man was knocked down last night, near Arkadia, Rabat (Victoria) in an attempt to steal his purse.
He was pushed down with the intent to rob.The guy did not get the purse, and thankfully he was not hurt.The police feel he was watched because he had just taken money from the bank machine inside Arkadia. This is something a certain group of people have been doing in Malta, and now it appears to have come to Gozo.
The assailant appears NOT to be Maltese or Gozitan but of Black African appearance.
To restore one's faith, a local person came to the rescue and the assailant ran off.