Daylight robbery
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Daylight robbery
Was eating some lunch today on the balcony just looking down on the riverfront. Noticed a a couple of tourist wandering around taking photos in the heat. I would say a elderly mother and her son in his twenties. I also saw two guys on a Moto riding pretty fast down the riverside a little way heading toward them. Didn't think to much about it,see idiots speeding along there all the time...then they swerved towards the woman from behind at nearly full speed .The guy on the back grabbed her bag off her shoulder and they sped off down the end towards the night markets. The young guy was running after them but it was all over! They were long gone...this was at about noon! All over in a blink of an eye...these guys were pretty keen to do that in the middle of the day on the riverfront .
Just never know who is watching,bit of a wake up call for me.
Just never know who is watching,bit of a wake up call for me.
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Phnom Penh seem to have a lot of street crime these days. Saw a Tuk Tuk full of Cambodian ladies get their bag snatched on Mao Tse Tung Yesterday.
I doubt it was a random grab.
More than likely mum and kid had recently visited an ATM, an ATM where the crims were sitting, waiting for their next victims to withdraw a healthy wad of cash.. Mum and kid wouldn't have suspected that were being watched and followed.
Old lady, handbag, wad of cash, BINGO..
They will turn up tomorrow to do it all again, probably at a different ATM.
More than likely mum and kid had recently visited an ATM, an ATM where the crims were sitting, waiting for their next victims to withdraw a healthy wad of cash.. Mum and kid wouldn't have suspected that were being watched and followed.
Old lady, handbag, wad of cash, BINGO..
They will turn up tomorrow to do it all again, probably at a different ATM.
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They get desperate same all of south east asia in rainy season .McCambo wrote:Phnom Penh seem to have a lot of street crime these days. Saw a Tuk Tuk full of Cambodian ladies get their bag snatched on Mao Tse Tung Yesterday.
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I witnessed the same thing about six weeks ago whilst sitting on the river wall at about 20.00.This was a young couple though,I heard an engine rev so i looked up from my phone the bike sped past me and the rear passenger grabbed the girls bag which only had a very thin strap,over in seconds.
OMG the corner of 178/19. often there, but never seen it, I have to pay more attention I walk there at daylight and the evening too.LTO wrote:If you want to see daylight robberies of tourists just hang out at the corner of Sisowath and 154 or the corner of 178/19. It's a regular occurrence.
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That stretch along Street 19 especially going toward 172 is notorious for snatch & grab robberies. The corner of 178 is the epicenter.cpandrea wrote:OMG the corner of 178/19. often there, but never seen it, I have to pay more attention I walk there at daylight and the evening too.LTO wrote:If you want to see daylight robberies of tourists just hang out at the corner of Sisowath and 154 or the corner of 178/19. It's a regular occurrence.
Stop walking.cpandrea wrote:OMG the corner of 178/19. often there, but never seen it, I have to pay more attention I walk there at daylight and the evening too.
Bag snatcher from 178/13 arrested http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/view ... 14&t=49198
Shooting on 178 http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/viewtopic.php?t=7482
Dutch tourist shot at 178/19 http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/view ... hp?t=23817
French tourist robbed and stabbed with beer bottle at 178/13 http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/view ... hp?t=35049
Barang beat and robbed on 178 http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/view ... 14&t=53174
Random Thoughts on Staying Safe in Phnom Penh
and so on...Avoid certain notorious blackspot areas: Street 19 late at night, Gym Bar Street (178), the quiet stretch of south Pasteur (St 51) in BKK1 NGO land are all areas in which extra caution should be taken. Most notoriously, the 178/13 streets junction next to the National Museum, is somewhere to avoid on foot late at night, unless you wish be left penniless and in your socks and underwear as happened to a couple of robbed (and stripped) male backpackers recently.
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Been walking Phnom Penh for 22 years. 5-10km a day in recent years. Never been robbed in the process. (Knock on wood.) Getting robbed is about carrying bag and not being careful (and a little bit about luck.)Alexandra wrote:Stop walking.
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I walk by there quite often utterly wasted from the 50 c beers and happy pizzas.
i think the crucial thing is where a backpack and double strap, even if u look like a douche.
either that or become irish and have multiple facial scrs hah.
i think the crucial thing is where a backpack and double strap, even if u look like a douche.
either that or become irish and have multiple facial scrs hah.
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