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YANGON: It has been reported that two men who robbed a phone from a motorist at knifepoint in Mandalay city later collided with a car and died.
The incident happened on Sept 26 around 7pm in Maha Aung Mun Township, at the corner of 64th Street and 40th Street.
A couple was waiting in a car to fetch their child after school. The husband got out of the car and while talking on the phone, two men on a motorcycle stole his phone.
As one of the men grabbed the phone from his hand and fled, the other man on the motorcycle slashed him with a knife. While he tried pulling the phone back, he injured his head.
As the duo who stole the phone continued to flee on a motorcycle, the couple followed them by car to the 63rd Street.
Upon reaching 35th Street and 36th Street junction, the robbers' motorcycle collided with a car, and both of them fell off the vehicle. They suffered head injuries and died. - Eleven Media/ANN
