A female reporter in Brazil had narrowly escaped a mobile phone snatching incident just before she was set to go live on a TV news channel. According to a report by People Magazine, Clara Nery, a journalist for Brazilian network Band Rio, was about to go live from Rio de Janeiro. As she was scrolling through her phone, a bike-borne robber tried to snatch her phone. The moment was caught on camera. “In the video, you can see the moment he puts his hand on my phone and takes it from me. Luckily, I was holding on tightly,” New York Post quoted her as saying.
VIDEO: Nery was preparing to go on air when the thief rode tried to snatch her cellphone
Thief on a motorbike tried to snatch a Brazilian reporters phone just before she went live on air pic.twitter.com/Y2IKJGOkgq
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Phone snatching event caught on cam
“Luckily, and thanks to his lack of skill, I managed to recover the phone. But we already have the security camera footage, the footage from the camera that managed to focus on his face,” she added. Surveillance footage captured a clear image of the suspect’s face, which is now being reviewed by authorities as part of their investigation.
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“It was a real scare to go live, but the important thing is that everything turned out okay!” Nery wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday, accompanying footage of the terrifying mugging.
Reporter makes public appeal to identify thief
Nery shared her gratitude towards those who supported her after the incident, including coworkers, the Military Police, and the Civil Police. She also made a public appeal for help in identifying the suspect, saying, “Let’s share his face, he wants to be known”. The reporter noted that the motorcycle’s license plate was obscured with cardboard, making identification more challenging.
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“Thank you for the messages and support from colleagues from the Military police and Civil police. Shall we share his face that he wants to be known?” she added.
“We trust the work of the Military Police and the Civil Police. We have no doubt that he will be found and arrested. It remains to be seen whether, once arrested, his detention will be upheld, as we see many similar cases, but unfortunately, criminals like this are released after just a few days,” she said.