Shocking footage has revealed the moment TV reporter and his crew were robbed at gunpoint while preparing to broadcast a live report outside a football stadium in Ecuador.?
As per various reports, Diego Ordinola, a reporter for DIRECTV Sports, was confronted by a man holding a gun outside the Estadio Monumental in Guayaquil, the country's largest city.??
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Ordinola?shared the scary video?of the brazen gun-waving robber targeting them on Friday afternoon as the?DIRECTV?Sports crew filmed outside the football stadium.
He tweeted the footage, writing alongside: "We can¡¯t even work quietly, this happened at 1pm today outside the Monumental Stadium. The Polic¨ªa Nacional del Ecuador promised to find these criminals."
¡°Telephone!¡± the armed robber demanded, pointing the gun at Ordinola. He then snatched a mobile phone from another member of the reporting team.??
The episode was recorded by the cameraman, who also had the pistol directed at his face. The thief, who was wearing a surgical mask, escaped on the back of a motorbike.??
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The DirecTV Sports camera rolled throughout the robbery, and as they followed his escape? ¡ª he was seen being driven away on the back of a motorbike.
The reporter's post was flooded with good wishes, as well as a number of people who used the footage to identify a possible plate number for the motorbike used for the escape. It was not immediately clear if there had been any arrests or there were any known suspects.??
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