A 7-Eleven store clerk in the Los Angeles suburb of Anaheim, California, was assaulted by about 50 suspects early Sunday morning.
The attack on the clerk, identified only as Narender by FOX 11 LA, was one of a series of so-called “flash mob” attacks in the Southern California area in which dozens of criminals broke into convenience stores and stole various items. It is. Cash, too, according to FOX 11 Los Angeles.
Surveillance camera footage of the incident reportedly shows Narender trying to fight off the mob with a stick. One of the suspects threw large rocks and cinder blocks at Nelander.
Another video shared with Fox News Digital by Carlos_kickback_3 on Instagram shows the suspected rioter taunting Nelander, ignoring his pleas to protect the store.
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Nelander, who speaks Hindi, told FOX 11 LA that his brother had only been working at a 7-Eleven in Anaheim for five months.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, there have been more than a dozen flash mob crimes in the Orange County area over the summer since July, in which teenagers ride bicycles to convenience stores, force their way inside, and steal merchandise and money. There is. .
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of Los Angeles Times We previously reported that some parents had reported their children for participating in such activities in late September.
“They did the right thing, because if you don't stop young, you can get quite far,” local resident Tiffany Brown said. Fox 11.
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On September 25, the Los Angeles Police Department issued a press release calling the 14 incidents since July “flash robberies” and announcing that between 20 and 40 suspects were involved. Three of those 14 incidents occurred Friday night.
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“The suspects entered the store in the evening, removed merchandise, damaged property, and fled without paying,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement. “The incidents were captured on security surveillance video. The suspects are described as young men, possibly teenagers, of different ethnicities and physical descriptions. In some incidents, criminal A witness was physically pushed by the suspects with no regard for the safety of others.”
FOX News' Pilar Arias contributed to this report.
