20 Nov, 2023 @ 15:28
1 min read

WATCH: Moment young tourist is placed in a chokehold and robbed while streaming live in Spain’s Barcelona

THIS is the moment a young tourist was attacked while streaming live in Barcelona at the weekend.

Video footage shared online shows a Japanese man recording himself while walking through the streets of the Catalunya capital.

In the clip, two men can suddenly be seen flanking him before they start trying to speak with him.

One of the attackers begins speaking in English, before a third man appears off camera.

Towards the end the video, one of the men suddenly wraps their arm around the man’s neck as he is seen falling to the ground.

Chokehold attacks on tourists are increasing at an alarming rate in Barcelona.

On November 4, two men were filmed attacking a foreign man on Calle Banys Nous in the Gothic quarter of the city.

They robbed him of his phone and wallet before leaving him unconscious on the ground.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

GOT A STORY? Contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es or call +34 951 273 575 Twitter: @olivepress

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Previous Story

Gibraltar minister gives visiting netball experts a tour as local organisers get ready for World Youth Cup in 2025

Next Story

These 3 cities in Spain are among the best in the WORLD to live in, according to Forbes

Latest from Barcelona

Go toTop

More From The Olive Press

Nie wieder streichen

Die langlebige Fassadenbeschichtung mit 20 Jahren Garantie Der Außenanstrich Ihres

Two killed and 28 injured after Spanish bus crashes on mountain road in southern France

AT least two people have died following a horror bus