Cops arrest 11 youth 'serial robbers' in Palermo

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 13 - Italian police on Thursday arrested 11 youths who are alleged 'serial robbers' in Palermo.
    The 11, who include two minors, are accused of robbery, theft and personal injury.
    They are said to be members of a youth gang that staged several robberies in the centre of the Sicilian capital recently.
    Ten of them were detained in prison and one placed under house arrest.
    They face 21 charges in connection with three thefts and 19 robberies allegedly committed on September 10 and November 17 last year.
    They targeted victims of the same age in the historic centre at night, taking their phones and cash, police said.
    The gang always acted in the same way, surrounding and terrorizing their victims, and sometimes beating them if they reacted.
    The arrests were made on the basis of CCTV footage and descriptions from their alleged victims. (ANSA).