Australian news crew mugged while filming on London street

[mfcorey1]

Masked men on pushbikes interrupted an Australian news crew during a live broadcast in London and stole their television camera, the latest in a number of brazen robberies in the city.

CNN Australia affiliate Seven News reported that the network's Europe correspondent, Laurel Irving and cameraman Jimmy Cannon, were finishing up a live broadcast Wednesday night local time when they accosted by two men wearing ski masks.

One demanded the camera, telling Cannon that he had a gun concealed in his pocket.

"They came up immediately and they were wearing masks so I knew something was going on. Before he came over, I saw him reach into his pants and transfer something from his pants," Cannon told Seven's Sunrise program.

"He said, 'Hey, I have a gun in my jacket, don't make a scene.'"

The incident happened around 10 p.m. local time (5 p.m. ET) Wednesday in the affluent London suburb of Islington.

Footage from a dashcam shows the two men approaching Cannon. Momentarily distracted, Irving tells the camera that there is a disturbance. The $19,000 (A$25,000) camera is then removed from its tripod -- while still filming -- and taken by the robbers.

Irving, who tried to intervene before being told by Cannon to let the robbers take the camera, called the mugging "brazen."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/australian-news-crew-mugged-while-filming-on-london-street/ar-AAykmPB?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=mailsignout

[leftyladyfrommo]

1. Great Britain may not have guns on the street

but their big cities have some really serious crime problems.

They have ghettos, too.