TELEVISION press reporter and team robbed at gunpoint while shooting

Shocking video footage has actually exposed the minute a press reporter and his electronic camera team were robbed at gunpoint while waiting an arena in Ecuador.

Diego Ordinola, a reporter for DirecTV Sports, had actually been shooting outside the Isidro Romero Carbo Monumental Stadium, the house of Barcelona SC, when a guy approached them using a baseball cap and face mask.

Waving a weapon in their faces, he might be heard screaming for their phones, prior to one member of the team turned over their gadget.

The male then ran, with the TELEVISION team later on following him and finding him scampering from the scene on a motorcycle.

Mr Ordinola tweeted the video footage of the occurrence, composing along with it: ‘We can’t even work silently, this occurred at 1pm today outside the Monumental Stadium. The Policía Nacional del Ecuador guaranteed to discover these lawbreakers.’

The video has actually considering that been shared countless times, with one fan even specifying that he has the number plate of the trip bike.

Mr Ordinola later on included online: ‘Thank you all for your messages of solidarity, I appreciate you very much. Let’s unify to get rid of criminal offense in Ecuador.’

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