Alex Trelinski
A YOUNG British tourist was placed into a chokehold by four men who stole his bum bag in the Mallorcan party resort of Magaluf.
The 20-year-old victim was with a friend on the beach promenade at around 2am on Sunday when the perpetrators approached him.
They grabbed him round the neck and then kicked him in the torso before taking his bag.
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The incident was recorded on a phone and the victim reported the attack to the Guardia Civil and showed them the video which confirmed the viciousness of the assault.
Officers launched an operation to catch the transgressors and arrested one of them, aged 20.
A judge ordered him to be jailed while the investigation remains active to catch his three associates.
The assailants were said to be of Algerian origin.
