Spanish bag-snatcher tries to take toddler instead

A MAN has been arrested in Malaga for trying to steal a toddler from the arms of a mother who refused to give him her bag.

The 35-year-old from Barcelona, approached the woman who was taking her son to school and made a grab for her handbag.

When he failed he instead tried unsuccessfully to take the child before running away.

He was arrested later.