Police detain two youths believed to be responsible for serial robberies

The police on Tuesday detained two youths, aged 15 and 13, who are believed to be responsible for a series of attacks against lone women in the vicinity of Ostrava. The two youths are believed to have attacked at least twelve elderly women during which they robbed their victims and inflicted some degree of bodily harm. One woman was reportedly dragged down a flight of stairs and kicked all over her body by both boys because she refused to let go of her handbag. The two boys are from socially-weak, single-parent families. The fifteen year old is being investigated in custody, the younger boy has been released because at age 13 he is not criminally responsible, but he may have to spend time in a correctional institution for adolescents.