A video circulating on social media shows a smartphone snatched from a pedestrian's hand in a swift street theft in central London, according to the source monitoring Israeli-language public safety posts.
A 15-second video published by the source that tracks crime and public safety footage in Hebrew-language social media shows a pedestrian walking on a central London street when a thief snatches a smartphone from their hand and flees past the camera. The theft appears to take place in broad daylight with bystanders nearby. The post does not specify a precise location or time, but the incident is described as occurring on a London street. The Zioneer has previously reported a similar street robbery in Tel Aviv in mid-June (The Zioneer, June 16). That earlier incident involved Arab suspects on scooters, whereas this London clip appears to involve a single perpetrator on foot. No arrests have been reported in the London incident.
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