A news reporter and Television crew have been robbed at gunpoint in the course of a live broadcast in Ecuador final Friday. Shocking footage that has gone viral on Twitter shows a gun-waving man demanding that the journalist and the Television crew hand their money more than to him.
According to Sky News, Ecuadorian sports journalist Diego Ordinola was reporting from outdoors the Estadio Monumental in the city of Guayaquil final week for DirecTV Sports when the robber interrupted them. He appeared wearing a face mask and pointed a revolver at Mr Ordinola’s face.
“Telephone!” the armed robber shouted ahead of swiping at the journalist’s microphone.
He then pointed his gun at the cameraman and the crew, demanding that they hand more than their wallets and phones.
The footage was recorded as the camera filming Mr Ordinola kept rolling. The news reporter later uploaded the video to Instagram.
“We can’t even work quietly, this happened at 1:00 PM today outside the Monumental Stadium,” he wrote.
Ni siquiera podemos trabajar tranquilos, esto ocurrió a las 13:00 de hoy en las afueras del Estadio Monumental.
La @PoliciaEcuador se comprometió a dar con estos delincuentes. #Inseguridadpic.twitter.com/OE2KybP0Od— Diego Ordinola (@Diegordinola) February 12, 2021
According to Newsweek, the robber managed to escape with a phone he obtained from a crew member.
Meanwhile, footage of the incident has been viewed more than 3.8 lakh instances on the microblogging platform. The post was flooded with messages from nicely wishers as nicely as comments from individuals who criticised the incident as “shocking” and “reprehensible”.
Mr Ordinola has stated that police have promised to discover the robber.