This adds a new line to the definition of ‘armed robbery.’ On Saturday morning, French disabled athlete Arnaud Assoumani, who holds the Paralympic long jump world record, was attacked by two young thieves as he was waiting at a red light on his scooter.

Armed with pepper spray, the two youths blinded Assoumani and proceeded to steal the athlete’s scooter. But they were in for a surprise when they opened the scooter’s trunk, as it contained Assoumani’s training prosthetic arm — absolutely essential to Assoumani’s participation in the Paralympic Games in London.