Originally Posted by FlyingRabbit

I'm sorry to hear this, but sadly I'm not surprised at all. The sad reality is that tourists should not walk alone in the evenings, especially by the beach. I feel ridiculous saying this, as the authorities here should be able to prevent this sort of thing from happening.

One piece of advice though: do not ever EVER chase them. An Italian tourist did that last week and is going home in a coffin. Just let them go and feel lucky all they got was your i-Phone.