BEEN CAUGHT STEALING: Camera Stolen from TV News Crew Reporting on London Street Thefts.
A TV news crew’s camera was stolen while they were filming a segment on the rising street thefts in London.
A television crew for Saudi Arabian news station Al Ekhbariya News was reporting on the rising number of thefts on Oxford Street, one of the busiest shopping destinations in the U.K., on Saturday.
However, the unsuspecting crew later realised they had captured footage of a man walking up to their equipment, taking part of the TV station’s camera, and running away with it, according to UAE newspaper The National News.
🎥 | While Filming a Report on Rising Theft in #London, #AlEkhbariya Crew's Equipment Stolen on #Oxford Street#AlEkhbariyaEN pic.twitter.com/M6bhn9DEk4
— AlEkhbariya News (@alekhbariyaEN) August 10, 2025
“While reporting on the recent surge in thefts on Oxford Street, a street said to have more CCTV cameras than anywhere else in London, something remarkable happened,” Al Ekhbariya News reporter Mohanad Alrawi says in the subsequent news segment aired on TV.
“Our own camera was stolen. That very camera has captured footage of thefts.”
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