Olympic Photographer Robbed in Rio, $40K of Gear Stolen in 10 Seconds

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Olympic Photographer Robbed in Rio, $40K of Gear Stolen in 10 Seconds

The opening ceremony hasn’t even kicked off yet, and olympic photographers are already having a hard time in Rio. Case in point: News Corp photographer

via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/08/05/olympic-photographer-robbed-rio-40k-gear-stolen-10-seconds/

As he explained to The Courier Mail, a young woman came up to him in a coffee shop asking for help, and in the 10 seconds it took him to converse with her, his camera bag was snatched, taken to a nearby getaway car, and spirited away to God knows where