Thief Tied To Post in Chile by Angry Mob (VIDEO)

Here is a viral video of a thief who tried to rob an OAP (Old Age Pensioner) in Chile. According to news reports, the alleged suspect Valentino Abeyta Barrera held a knife against the throat of the old pensioner.

He was then disarmed, stripped naked and tied to a lamppost with plastic celophane by a mob of vigilantes in the Chilean capital Santiago.

Photographs and videos of the incident were posted online where they quickly went viral, and sparked heated debate over vigilante justice.

Police arrived after 20 minutes and asked the man tied to the lamppost what was going on and he declined to comment, asking only that he be freed.

After he was released and taken to the police station he refused to file a complaint, and police said they had been forced to let him go because the alleged victim of the man’s attack had also not made a complaint.

A police spokesman said: “Unless the man who was tied to the lamppost or his alleged victim want to file a complaint, there is not much we can do.”

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