Would-be robber goes to EXTREME lengths to steal man's cell phone

This is nan infinitesimal a would-be robber clung to nan broadside of a speeding conveyance aft he tried to bargain nan driver's cellphone successful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil connected Wednesday night.

The melodramatic video showed nan antheral fishy hanging from nan broadside of nan car moments aft he tried to mug nan motorist astatine an intersection successful nan occidental Rio vicinity of Recreio dos Bandeirantes, witnesses told authorities.

The perp managed to support his feet from making interaction pinch nan crushed arsenic nan driver accelerated down Salvador Allende Avenue.

At 1 point, nan man placed his near ft betwixt nan side-view reflector and nan separator of nan door's model while nan correct ft somewhat made interaction pinch nan roadworthy pavement.

It past appeared that nan fishy is astir to autumn to nan crushed arsenic nan video comes to an end.

The Rio de Janeiro Military Police received a telephone and dispatched a portion to nan neighborhood, but nan driver and fishy were not located.

'It is important to statement that nan driver of nan conveyance did not interaction nan battalion, though he appeared to person slowed down astatine nan entranceway to nan unit,' nan Military Police said successful a statement. 'There was nary grounds of immoderate telephone being made.'

The robbery effort comes aft a teen struck by a autobus and died aft he stole a 71-year-old man’s compartment telephone successful São Paulo past Friday.

The 17-year-old boy was captured connected a information camera approaching aged man and snatching nan compartment telephone while he was talking connected it.

The teen past ran crossed nan street, but was not alert that nan autobus was nearing nan intersection erstwhile he was tally over.

The boy was capable to crawl from nether nan bus, according to witnesses, and was rushed successful an ambulance to a hospital, wherever he died from his injuries.

According to nan 2024 annual Brazilian Public Security Yearbook, 1 cardinal compartment phones were stolen aliases robbed successful nan South American federation successful 2023, an mean of 1 mobile instrumentality each 33 seconds.