Story By: Anna Casap, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
Video Credit: CEN
This is a moment a furious money lender beats the living daylights out of an apparent debtor sitting in a car before turning his rage to the vehicle as the victim wails in agony.
The incident happened in the town of Magadan, the region of the Northeast Siberian Taiga in Russia.
In the footage, we see the money lender battering the cowering victim with a metal pipe as the man begs for mercy and wails in agony.
In the clip, we see the attacker repeatedly hitting the man at full-force in front of a woman – reportedly his girlfriend.
In the next scene, he turns his fury towards the car windscreen and smashes it with the huge pipe as the woman explains that this is her car and not the victim’s vehicle.
He then returns to hit the victim some more before leaving him wailing in pain and promises to get him the money.
The names of the participants involved in the incident have not been reported.
Local officials claim that the attacker was detained after police were called and arrived on the scene.
Cops are currently investigating the incident although it is unclear whether the man in the video has been charged or released.
The footage set tongues wagging among netizens online.
Netizen ‘Valery NoVal’ commented: “If he would give the money on time, then this was not happen all”, ‘
Eugen Eugeny’ added: “It is a masterpiece! people cannot be so desperate”.
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