Elderly Sliema couple mugged in broad daylight

An elderly couple was mugged in broad daylight in Sliema on Saturday, in a violent incident which left a 91-year-old man hospitalised.

The mugging happened on the corner of Triq Nicolo Isouard and Triq Dun Karm and was reported to police at around 7.20pm, a police spokesman confirmed.

Word of the crime spread on Facebook after details were posted to a Sliema residents’ group.

“My aunt got mugged outside church today in broad daylight,” a person told the group administrator, who posted on their behalf. “My uncle got punched and fell and got injured. He is in his 90s and she in the 80s. They are still at Mater Dei being checked. Sliema really isn’t safe anymore,” the post continued.

A police spokesman confirmed that an 87-year-old woman and 91-year-old man, both from Sliema, had been robbed in the area.

The mugger got away with jewellery the woman was wearing.

“It was a Maltese guy and he stole the pearls round her neck,” the relative told the Facebook group administrator.

The woman’s husband was hurt as he tried to stop the thief and ended falling to the ground.

An ambulance was called to the scene and took him to Mater Dei Hospital. No details about his medical condition were...