KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- Three secondary school students were detained by the police after allegedly robbing a foreigner in Selayang yesterday.

Gombak district police chief ACP Abdul Rahim Abdullah said the victim, a 31-year-old Pakistani, was walking in the area at about 10.35am when the four boys, who were in school uniform, approached him.

The students then assaulted the foreigner and robbed him of his handphone, a photostat copy of his passport and RM130 before fleeing.

He said policemen who were on patrol in the area saw the incident and went after the students, but managed to apprehend only three of them.

The students would be remanded until Friday and police were looking for the fourth student, he added.