Concerns have been raised among international students from China following a spate of robberies in the Melbourne CBD, while there are questions over whether this cohort is being targeted. Via sbschinese
Victims have reported having luxury items stolen during some of the incidents.
Two months after she moved to the Victorian capital, her Gucci handbag, worth more than $1,000, was snatched from her shoulder while she waited for a tram near Melbourne’s Chinatown. SBS Chinese understands that the incident is among a spate of at least 10 similar cases in Melbourne city over the past two weeks, and most of the victims were students from China.
Mr Sun described the offenders as being two young males on a scooter, whom he believed to be repeat offenders after he found out that one of his friends had been robbed on the same day along Elizabeth Street, near Melbourne Central Station.
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