A shocked woman had a gold chain ripped from her neck by a mugger – as she was being interviewed live on camera about Brazil’s crime-wave.
The brazen snatch was captured by a TV crew sent to the centre of Rio de Janeiro to report on robberies sweeping the World Cup city.
And one of their interviewees had the point made for her when a thief spotted an opportunity.
As the woman spoke to television station RJTV, he swiped the chain and sprinted off. The reporter dropped his microphone and set off in pursuit but the teenager outran him among the cars on the traffic-choked street.
While the woman suffered nothing more serious than a scratched neck, the report again focused attention on crime levels in the city that will host the world cup in a few months time.
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