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- A motorcyclist tried to take the band Rio reporter Clara Nerry’s phone moment before her live segment
- She held tight to tight and managed to pull it back from the man’s hands
- Telephone thefts jumped 27% in Rio de Janeiro in June compared to last year
Clara Nery, a reporter for the Brazilian network band Rio, prepared to go live from the streets of Rio de Janeiro when a man on a motorcycle zoomed past and tried to catch his phone – all while the camera rolled.
“In the video you can see the moment he puts his hand on my phone and takes it away from me. Fortunately I held on to,” said Nery, reported by her employer, Band Rio.
The striker fled, but Nery could restore his phone shortly thereafter and was unharmed.
“It was a real horror to go live,” wrote Nerry later in a Instagram Post, “But the important thing is that everything turned out okay!”
She went on to thank those who handed out: “Thank you for messages and support from my colleagues, the military police and the civilian police.” She also demanded the public’s help identifying the suspect: “Let’s share his face, he wants to be known.”
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Telephone theft in Rio de Janeiro increased by 27 percent in June compared to the same month in 2024, per NightlyWith reference to the Rio de Janeiro Public Security Institute.
More than 2,300 phones were reported stolen in June 2025 – up from 1,808 the year before.
