Woman With Kid Surrounded by 3 Thieves Gets Robbed in Grocery Store, Security Footage Leaves Mzansi Fuming

• A video shared on Twitter shows how a woman was pickpocketed in the middle of the supermarket with minimal effort
• The three thieves' strategy for stealing was caught on camera, and many online users were in disbelief
• People reacted to the video in anger as they discussed how brazen criminals can be, especially during the festive season

A video made rounds on Twitter, showing how easy it is to get pickpocketed. In the video, a woman and her child were targeted in a successful theft stunt.

Online users reacted to the security footage showing how three thieves worked together. People flooded the comments to discuss how bad crime is in South Africa.

Supermarket pickpocketers have South Africans up in arms

One lady carrying a kid was the perfect victim of three thieves in a supermarket. In the video, one of the thieves casually reaches into the woman's bag while the other accomplices corner her with a trolley. Watch the full video by Vehicle Trackersz below:

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The video angered many netizens as people lamented how bad crime was in December. Some peeps vented about Mzansi's notoriety for crime.

@SebagaM commented:

"December e mborela tsona tse. Crime just escalates as if madimone antse a robetse all year long.. and ke nako a one jaanong. [This is why I hate December, crime escalates as if demons have been sleeping all year and now it is their time]"

@Its_Thuso commented:

"Nka trapa batho nna[I would beat someone]. I'm allowed to defend myself at this stage I don't care."

@GosiameMalepe commented:

"Waitsi batho ba dula bale mo business in South Africa, our land."[People are always in business]

@I_am_Tangeni commented:

"Team work makes the dream work."

@LadyHe

"Yhu aa…bring back lockdown and space between rules samblief."

@thokozani_cb

"I’ll never forget the day someone tried to pick pocket me in a store and husbae saw them as and confronted them. Told them to give my phone back. What a day. So many ways that could have ended badly."

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@GarethGoblin commented:

"South Africa is wild."

@_BMashilo commented:

"This makes me so angry….people think they can just come rob us of our belongings and just get away with it."

@Truddy05257273 commented:

"Be careful."

@Travesty_Kruger commented:

"If anyone is getting into your personal space in South Africa, always assume something has been lifted and check your pockets and bags immediately."

"My heart dropped:" Supermom faces man trying to steal her baby, peeps horrified

Briefly News previously reported that a terrifying video of a child in danger got millions of views on TikTok. The woman bravely fought a kidnapper who almost got away with her child.

The clip shows how easily the kidnapper could have been successful. Many people discussed the video and how ready the kidnapper was.

A video shared by @itslighskinaustin got 5.5 million views as people were amazed by the mother saving her child from a kidnapper without second thoughts. The video shows how a man reached over a fence to grab a child before the mother came running out.

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Source: Briefly News