Italian police hope to catch thief after taking prints of severed finger

Friend of suspect who returned to scene of robbery told guard he was looking for a finger with a ring on it'

Italian police are trying to catch a suspected thief by fingerprinting a digit he accidentally cut off on barbed wire while fleeing the scene of a robbery, although they hope the suspect will turn himself in the hopes of retrieving his lost wedding ring.

The injured man sent a friend back to the area, a recycling plant in Milan, to search for his body part and the ring, but the friend was spotted by a security guard rummaging through leaves, local media reported.