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This is an archive article published on August 11, 2011

Video rage: Injured man robbed

But who is he? And what happened next?

The video has become synonymous with Londons riots: A young man,bleeding and dazed,is helped from the ground by a group of youths,who promptly unzip his backpack and callously make off with its contents. But who is he? And what happened next?

The young man is 20-year-old Malaysian accounting student Mohammad Asyraf Haziq,who was cycling with a friend in east London on Monday to a gathering to break his fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramazan,according to a friend,Dzuhair Hanafiah.

First,a group of 20 teens and preteens surrounded him. Then they grabbed his bike,took his cell phone and broke his jaw,Hanafiah said. The next thing he remembered,his mouth was full of blood, said Hanafiah. He was just left there.

The video of the attack on Haziq went viral Tuesday. So shocking was the robbing of an injured man that Prime Minister David Cameron described it as a sign of a deeper societal malaise. There are pockets of our society that are not just broken but frankly sick, Cameron said Wednesday. When we see children as young as 12 and 13 looting and laughing,when we see the disgusting sight of an injured young man with people pretending to help him while they are robbing him,it is clear that there are things that are badly wrong with our society.

Hanafiah said Haziq was helped by a local woman who helped him get to a hospital. His face is swollen,but hes all right, Hanafiah said.

 

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