A video showing a Saudi man catching a phone thief after wrestling him to the ground has gone viral.
The video shows the man punching a suspect who had allegedly stolen his phone on a London street.
A video showing a Saudi man catching a phone thief after wrestling him to the ground has gone viral.https://t.co/H0O49lzkKr#KSA #England pic.twitter.com/LomUpR4H6S
— Gulf Daily News (@GDNonline) August 7, 2025
The Saudi man, identified as Saud Bin Hariul Al Subaie in media reports, held the thief until police arrived.
The video comes on the heels of news about the fatal stabbing of a Saudi student in Cambridge, sparking conversations about the rise of violent crime in the UK.