West Ham’s new manager mugged at gunpoint in Chile
West Ham United’s new manager Manuel Pellegrini has thanked police after he and his wife were targeted by robbers in Santiago, Chile.
Pellegrini, 64, and his wife were on their way to a restaurant in the city with friends when the incident happened.
His wife had her handbag stolen by the attackers, who shot at police before driving away in a stolen Porsche, according to the BBC.
Pellegrini, who is from Chile, thanked the police for their ‘quick and courageous’ response, while the football club said it was relieved no-one was harmed.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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