Read more about the article Prankster Fined For Carrying Off Short Cop
Pics shows: The man lifting the cop and laughs about it; A prankster who physically lifted an undersized police officer off his feet and carried him off in his arms could face up to five years in jail for his joke. Police in the Russian capital city of Moscow failed to find the stunt - which was caught on camera by an eyewitness with a smartphone - amusing. They arrested 27-year-old Islam Malekov and have launched a criminal investigation into the incident, warning him he could be jailed for assaulting a police officer. The video shows three police officers standing together at the Sukharevskaya Metro station in Moscow as Malekov sneaks up to them from behind. The bearded joker, who was wearing shorts, a t-shirt and a baseball cap, puts his arms around the shortest of the cops, picks him up and walks off with him. Malekov can be seen grinning broadly as he carries off the startled police officer who angrily demands that he be put back on the ground. His colleagues chase after Malekov who puts the policeman down as soon as they grab him by the arms. Police arrested the prankster and have opened a criminal investigation into him for assaulting a police officer. They later released him but he has been told not to leave Moscow and warned that he could be jailed for up to five years if he is convicted of the charge. The unusual case has sparked a lively debate after the footage of the incident was posted on video-sharing platforms. Netizen 'dubsmash.che' commented: "He kidnapped the cop in broad daylight!", 'majorka_tm777' said: "They were surprised", and 'magomedovali9450' added: "Nice guy!"

Prankster Fined For Carrying Off Short Cop

Story By: Roksana Panashchuk, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN The heavyset prankster who lifted a short police officer up off the ground and carried him off in his arms has been fined for the joke. Twenty-seven-year-old prankster Islam Malekov was fined 20,000 RUB (237 GBP)…

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Read more about the article Digger Operator Brings Down Building On Top Of Self
Pic Shows: A digger operator escapes accident without any injuries after remaining under the pile of ruins of the building he was demolishing in the Trabzon province of Turkey; This is the moment when a digger operator brings down an entire building on top of himself in a cloud of dust and debris. The footage was filmed by a passerby in the district of Caykara district in the north-eastern Turkish province of Trabzon located on the Black Sea coast. According to local media, the area is under construction and many buildings were being demolished to make way for urban redevelopment. At the time of the accident, a private construction company was using a digger to excavate debris in one area of the construction site. However, the operator was reportedly working in the wrong spot and inadvertently brought down an entire building on top of his vehicle. Fortunately for the unnamed worker, he remained unhurt and was eventually pulled free from the rubble. In video footage of the incident, the top of the excavator is seen operating at the base of a tall derelict building. All of a sudden, the structure begins to slowly topple over and within seconds it collapses on top of the excavator and buries the driver under tonnes of concrete. At the end of the clip, several construction workers are seen running in the direction of their distressed colleague. It is unclear whether the incident is being investigated by the local authorities.

Digger Operator Brings Down Building On Top Of Self

Story By: Sibel Abdiu, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN This is the moment when a digger operator brings down an entire building on top of himself in a cloud of dust and debris. The footage was filmed by a passerby in the district of Caykara…

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Animal In Front Garden Was Lost Baby Seal Cub

Story By: Michael Leidig, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Police officers investigating a night-time disturbance in a front garden were shocked when they used their torches to investigate and discovered this young seal cub. They believe that the seal had followed one of the many local tributaries leading…

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Read more about the article Bungling Driver Stuck On Ski Slope After Satnav Mishap
Pic shows: German car driver who blindly followed the orders of his sat nav without questioning where he was going ended up stuck in the snow. By Koen Berghuis A driver blindly following his sat nav’s instructions ended up stuck on a ski slope. The German motorist made the blunder in Krimml, a town in the Pinzgau region of Austria. He was on his way to his hotel in the higher part of the town, but his satnav guided him over an alpine walking path instead of roads. Krimml’s fire and rescue service got an unusual phone call at around 9.30pm that a car was stranded in the snow near a cable car station on the ski slopes. Fire brigade commander Robert Mair said it took 13 firefighters to pull the stranded car from the snow with a cable winch. The operation took about an hour and a half. Mr Mair added: "He went on despite a sign banning vehicles." Local media reported that the unnamed German driver was not the first to make that type of mistake. Just over a month ago, a 72-year-old German tourist in Zell am See was misled by his sat nav into driving onto a steep mountain slope. It took a speciality ski patrol to bring the driver and his three passengers back into the valley. The local fire brigade of Zell am See later managed to recover the car. (ends)

Bungling Driver Stuck On Ski Slope After Satnav Mishap

Story By: Koen Berghuis, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Picture Credits: CEN/FF Muehlbach A bungling motorist who blindly followed his satnav has ended up in the middle of a ski piste. The bizarre incident happened to two Hungarian holidaymakers who went skiing in the town of Muehlbach am…

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Hairless Cat Abandoned In McDonalds Toilet

Story By: Koen Berghuis, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Picture Credits: CEN/Tierschutzverein Völklingen e.V. An animal shelter is frantically searching for the owner of a hairless cat who abandoned the bald puss in a McDonald's toilet. The cat was found in a blue sports bag in a women's…

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