A thief has been arrested after he grabbed an Egyptian journalist’s cellphone whereas he was dwell streaming and broadcast his personal face to hundreds of viewers as he sped away.
The suspect was arrested hours after the incident as numerous Fb customers had been in a position to establish him because the thief.
The preliminary dwell stream being filmed by the Egyptian reporter was abruptly switched to being filmed by the thief on his motorcycle as he fled away after snatching the machine on a bridge in Cairo, Egypt, on nineteenth October.
A thief has been arrested after he grabbed an Egyptian journalist’s cellphone whereas he was dwell streaming and broadcast his personal face to hundreds of viewers as he sped away, resulting in his arrest just a few hours later
The preliminary dwell stream being filmed by the Egyptian reporter was abruptly switched to being filmed by the thief on his motorcycle as he fled away after snatching the machine on a bridge in Cairo, Egypt, on nineteenth October
The broadcaster, Mahmoud Raghebv, from the Egyptian newspaper The Seventh Day, had been broadcasting dwell on Fb and filming the bridge together with his cellphone when the theft occurred.
The broadcaster was reporting on a current earthquake close to the bridge when the motorcycle approached behind him.
As seen within the footage, the biker grabs the cellphone from the journalist after which places the cellphone between his legs as he rides away.
The thief was apparently unaware it was nonetheless working and even seems to be instantly on the digicam with a cigarette in his mouth whereas 20,000 spectators on Fb watched the weird occasion unfold dwell.
The thief was apparently unaware it was nonetheless working and even seems to be instantly on the digicam with a cigarette in his mouth (left) whereas 20,000 spectators on Fb watched the weird occasion unfold dwell. Pictured left: The thief after he was arrested
MiddleEast in 24 stated the dwell broadcast was bombarded with feedback displaying help for the journalist and warning the thief that they’d all seen his face.
The authorities launched an investigation and because of the truth that the thief had clearly proven his face, they had been in a position to monitor him down inside lower than 24 hours.
The Ministry of the Inside stated the thief had bought the cellphone on after the livestream ended and the suspect arrested, however it’s unclear what expenses the suspect will likely be going through.