Website: Police arrest youths behind theft and fatal beating of elderly man

Police have arrested two suspected thieves - aged 17 and 19 – in western Bohemia, wanted for stealing and for a brutal attack on 82-year-old man in Prague in July, the news website Novinky has reported. In the theft they stole 50 crowns (the equivalent of around 2.6 US dollars) and beat the elderly man so severely he died two days later in hospital from his injuries. The two suspects, one of whom is still a minor, will remain in custody ahead of trial. If found guilty, each could face up to 12 years in prison.