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Mugged London Riot Victim From Viral Video Speaks Out: ‘They Won’t Break Me’

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It’s one of the most disturbing images from a tragedy that has given us so many. A boy, lying in his own blood on a London street, is helped up by a group of men. However, once he’s gotten to his feet, the men pretending to help rob him and walk away, leaving the boy to stumble, dazed and still bleeding, down the road.

The video of Asyraf Haziq, a 20-year-old Malaysian, who had come to the United Kingdom for school. It’s had such an impact that Prime Minister David Cameron even referenced it in one of his addresses, saying that the video makes it “clear that there are things badly wrong with our society.” Haziq has spoken to The Sun about the incident from his hospital bed as he waited to be treated for a broken jaw.

Haziq explained that he was going to a store to buy food to break his Ramadan fast when 20 or so looters tried to steal his bicycle. He doesn’t remember if he fell or was knocked off.

“Then everything is a blur – I fell down. I was bleeding from my mouth and thought some people were coming to help me. But they were from the same group. They took my PSP and a container you can see a man in the video throwing away. The video has been seen by lots of people. I want to thank them for their support. I want everyone to know, these people may steal my things, they won’t break me.”

Here’s something we can probably all agree on; If there’s anyone who deserves to get caught by facial recognition technology, it’s the men seen cooly reaching into Haziq’s bag and stealing his things.

Below is footage of Haziq’s interview from The Sun. Read more of it and watch the original viral footage here.

(h/t Media Bistro)

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  • Johnjguy

    Good for him. 

    It’s pretty disgusting what they did to him as a foreign student. I think there’s a website that’s been set up for him, so I suspect he’ll get some benefit from it. Like large numbers of people contributing to his education in the UK.

  • Greg

    No good thugs.  

  • TruDat

    Classy; my guess, they’re liberals.

  • Anonymous

    He was a Muslim going on to break his fast. You remember the type you and your fellows despise. So If we may follow your illogical argument, then we might say those thugs were Conservatives, since the lot of you from Limbaugh to the crazies complaining about Govt. Christie appointment all hate Muslims. 

    Not to forget those wanting constitutional ammendments targeting Sharia law that is non-existing in the court systems, The haters who do not want mosque to be built in Tennessee, etc etc etc. 

    So using your illogical methods, these guys might be conservatives.  

  • Anonymous

    Good for him. SO, I suppose these assholes were protesting injustice when they beat/robbed this kid.

  • Anonymous

    Typical liberal thugs. 

  • Anonymous

    Demented much, sky?

  • Anonymous

    Touched a nerve?

  • Anonymous

    No they’re definitely liberals.

  • Anonymous

    They might be conservatives as they have something in common with you all, i.e. Hating Muslims. 

  • Anonymous

    Actually that’s vintage republican behavior….pretend to care about someone having a bad time of it while robbing them blind. 

  • http://capitolcommentary.com Harrison

    “God made man, but Samuel Colt made them equal.”

  • Anonymous

    If you really see someone mugging another person and your first thought about that mugger is that he’s a liberal, our country is worse off than I thought.

  • Michelle

    You’re an idiot, we don’t hate muslims, it’s RADICAL Muslims we have a problem with.  A while back I lived next door to a family of Muslims from Pakistan and they were great people. 

  • Anonymous

    Calm down. So does this means you agree with people who have problems with RADICAL Mormons. The ones that marry children without their consents and other violent part of the Mormons who wanted to start a war with the US Govt. and actually did kill women and children. 

  • Anonymous

    No, he’s a nice conservative youth on his way to church and then he decided to ‘help’ the poor man. What kind of political phylosophy might make JUDGEMENTS on this thieving scum and which might make excuses for this thieving scum.? Your call.

  • caconservative

    Illogic seems to be your forte’.

  • Anonymous

    Political philosophy has nothing to do with this young man being mugged. 

    My point to Fsnook was that if ‘liberal’ is such a negative term that it gets applied to muggers without any evidence of that mugger’s political affiliation, then our country is in really bad shape.

  • Michelle

    First off, the “mormons” you speak of, like Warren Jeffs, were booting out of our church.  And Second, can you name another group of people that had an extinction order issued against them by a sitting US Governor?  Why don’t you shut up about things you obviously know nothing about. 

  • TruDat

    Hard to follow your nonsensical rantings, but, as my daughter would say, whatever.

  • Michelle

    The protesters are railing against the “rich” and screaming for distribution of wealth.  That sounds pretty liberal to me.  You can run, but you can’t hide. 

  • Anonymous

    They’re trying to do everything they can to hide the truth anymore.  Sorry, we are calling a spade a spade from now on.  If failed liberal policies where the underpinning of these riots, people need to know that.  Well played Michelle.

  • Anonymous

    *sigh*

    We deserve our oligarchy.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    poor kid. speedy recovery!

  • Anonymous

    Somebody learned how to find forms of governments on Wiki. 

  • http://twitter.com/WorldDivider Mark Prior

    I could assure you that the rioters who talk about taking down the rich people in this country aren’t conservatives.

  • Anonymous

    They were going after the “rich” and talking about “social justice”. But personally I think there are just amoral scumbags with no party affiliation that should be shot like feral dogs. But that’s just me.

  • Anonymous

    Here is a thought:  What if the rioters, instead of attacking the neighborhood they did, suddenly got an urge of Nationalism and went to the Islamic parts of town, and raised hell there?

    Would the Police have responded any differently? How?

    Would other Britons and Europeans, who have voiced dislike for the Islamic presence have viewed this as an opportunity, or, would they have helped defend the Muslims?

    These scenarios are potentially valid here, in America.  Why did the Thugs waste all that time and energy on simple riots, when they could have accomplished something?  Ouch!

  • Anonymous

     and these guys were targeting a minority, probably because he was a muslim. Sounds more like angry conservative behavior. I can just see these kids going out to burn korans.

  • Anonymous

    To sum up the video; hey man, i’m here to help you… just kidding. I’m actually here to take everything you own.

    Yep, thats “progressivism” in a nutshell.

  • Anonymous

    “Political Philosophy,” run amok, has resulted in the ignorant, dangerous disaffection of these criminals.  An abject Political Philosophy has been telling these people that everything is someone else’s fault, thus, relieving the miscreants of responsibility for their actions.  Apparently they believe it?

    Furthermore, the acquiescent middle class has allowed this Liberal pustule to fester, just as in America.

    Oh YES, this is very much about Political Philosophy!

  • Anonymous

    Coming down to the level of the illogical so they can take in their illogical comments. I bet sacarsim and irony passed you by.

  • Teanationisacancer

    Definitely GOP, ptretending to help the less fortunate but screwing him from behind…

  • Jg1007

    And in turn he will contribute largely to the UK economy no doubt, something that cannot be said of majority of the Britons, who would rather sit on the dole or riot

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    He was a muslim and they don’t like him. “That sounds pretty [conservative] to me” Your go.

  • Anonymous

    That explains all the talk of “social justice” and getting back at the “rich”… oh wait no it doesn’t.

  • Anonymous

    it was probably more like,” hey there’s a muslim kid, let’s take his stuff and beat him up.” Conservativism in a nutshell.

  • Johnjguy

    Its a small minority of wanton criminal morons rioting across the country. Its slowed down now apparently, which is probably the effect of being being identified on CCTV on national TV Networks. The ironic thing is some of them have good jobs, some are graduates or a lot are under 16 years of age. 

    On the other hand, the vast majority of the country’s population works and very hard. Some of the longest hours in Europe.

  • john.kliber

    I guess we do need someone like Superman after all. In this case with a really large baseball bat and the will to use it. When did London in the middle of the day on a street with traffic and people going by become like a New Orleans French Quarter whore house alley after midnight?

  • Anonymous

    This video personifies Barack Hussein Obama ll’s manifesto & actual world view.

    The photos & stories coming out of London over this past week give him, Barack, a Chris Matthew’s inspired tingle up his leg for sure.

  • Johnjguy

    How are the criminal looting and rioting in London, England, which is a independent and sovereign country, in anyway related to President Obama?

    Exactly which hat did you pull that long-eared magic rabbit from?

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