Police were yesterday urged to tighten security at Arawak Cay after a group of tourists were held up and robbed by knife-wielding youths.<\/P><\/p>\n
The visitors had just finished a meal at the Fish Fry when the crooks approached and slashed the handle of a woman’s handbag.<\/P><\/p>\n
The incident happened in mid-afternoon on Tuesday right outside the Arawak Cay police station. Officers gave chase; but the robbers escaped.<\/P><\/p>\n
A taxi-driver called a radio talk show yesterday to say how saddened he was to witness the robbery, which happened only a few minutes after the tourists had said how much they were enjoying their trip to Nassau.<\/P><\/p>\n
The husband of the woman robbed had to be taken to hospital with a hand wound after struggling with one of the youths.<\/P><\/p>\n
The taxi-driver told Love 97’s Issues of the Day: “One of the guys pulled out a knife and cut the tourist’s handbag. The husband grabbed the knife and received a laceration.<\/P><\/p>\n
“It happened right outside the police station. The police came out and these guys took off. The officers gave chase. It was so sad. I was not able to sleep last night.<\/P><\/p>\n
“Here we had tourists who had come to visit this country to enjoy the Bahamas experience being robbed by youths with a knife.<\/P><\/p>\n
“I think we need more security on Arawak Cay.”<\/P><\/p>\n
Arawak Cay was the scene of girl-gang riots the week before last.<\/P><\/p>\n
Source: The Tribune, Bahamas<\/SMALL><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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