SICK ATTACK
Terrifying moment thief strangles tourist unconscious in horror mugging as she walks home from night out in Malaga
THIS is the terrifying moment a tourist was strangled unconscious in a violent mugging as she walked to her hotel in Malaga after a night out.
Footage from the hotel's video surveillance system shows a man approaching the German woman from behind before putting her in a rear choke hold.
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The victim tried to use her hands to free herself from the attacker, but after a few seconds she fainted and lost consciousness.
Footage, released by the police, taken from CCTV overlooking where the incident took place, shows the victim slumping to the floor after she blacks out.
The attacker can be seen laying her on her back and going through her pockets, as a woman then arrives and appears to act as a lookout.
The attack took place in the early hours of November 19 outside a city centre hotel and Spanish police now are hunting the culprit, having arrested a woman yesterday.
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Footage also appears to reveal that while the man is rummaging through the tourist’s belongings the woman seems to realise they have been rumbled and starts to pull the man’s arm, warning him they have to run.
Hotel workers who saw what was happening on the CCTV ran out to help the woman and chase the pair away.
The three hotel workers stand over the woman until she regains consciousness.
They took her back to the hotel to recover and alert the National Police.
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Malaga - a popular destination for British holidaymakers - saw more than 1.4million tourists staying in the city's hotels in 2019.
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