LOOK: Suffocating a bandit: the police pursue a violent assailant in Seville after suffocating a woman and robbing her

A violent robber who robbed a woman by strangling her until she lost consciousness is on the run in Seville.

Security footage captured the moment the thug slipped up behind the unsuspecting victim on Cerro del Águila in the early morning of January 20.

The man stalked the woman for several meters and then approached her, grabbed her by the neck and threw her to the ground.

The thief took advantage of the moment when the woman was semi-conscious to check her belongings and take her bag.

Despite the woman’s efforts to stop him, the thief managed to escape with her bag.

The same strangulation technique was recently used by another individual against a National Police officer on Kansas City Avenue.

The attacker had fallen asleep inside a car stopped in the middle of the road.

When the police officer woke him up, he violently attacked the officer, knocking her unconscious.

The attacker was arrested and convicted of reckless homicide.

Strangling is a technique favored by street robbers because it incapacitates the victim, but if applied for too long it can become lethal as it cuts off oxygen to the brain.

In August 2019, a Russian woman was killed by her son-in-law at a home on Santiago Street.

The man used this technique on her until she died, landing him 20 years in prison due to family feuds.

READ MORE: