A 30-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were arrested on Friday in connection with the violent robbery of a 93-year-old woman in Amsterdam, police report. As a result of the attack, she fractured her back last Tuesday on Comeniusstraat in Amsterdam Nieuw-West.

A man violently mugged a 93-year-old woman in Amsterdam on Tuesday afternoon. He struck her on the head and threw her to the ground, breaking her back. The man fled with her handbag. The police are looking for him.The mugging happened just before 2:00 p.m. on Comeniusstraat, the police said. Responding officers searched for the suspect, but he is still at large.