Grade 12 student loses birthday gift cellphone to knife-wielding robber

A Grade 12 student lost her new cellphone—a gift for her birthday on Friday—to a robber who threatened her with a knife on a street in Barangay Masagana, Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon.

According to James Agustin's report on Unang Balita, the robbery was caught on CCTV.

The video showed that the suspect approached the victim from the back and grabbed her by the neck. He got her cell phone and ran away quickly. He was seen holding a knife in his hand.

The 17-year-old victim said that she was checking messages on her cellphone when she was held and threatened by the suspect.

“Inakbayan niya po ako ng mahigpit non sobra tapos po pagkaakbay niya po sa akin ng mahigpit non. Tinutukan niya po ako dito ng matalim po. After po non, hawak na niya yung phone ko po non. Sobra po yung pagkahigpit niya po sa leeg kopo talaga non so tinatry ko po talaga na umalis sakanya na kasi po natakot po talaga ako,” the victim reported.

The stolen cellphone is estimated to be worth 17,000 pesos. The victim said it was a gift from her parents for her upcoming birthday.

“Pasalamat narin po ako sa Panginoon dahil wala siyang ginawa sa anak ko, hindi nya sinaktan, sana mahuli siya para wala na po siyang mabiktima na iba,” said the victim’s mother.

The victim has already reported the incident to the barangay and Quezon City Police Department Station 8.

Authorities ensured that they would intensify patrolling and try to capture the suspect. —Sherylin Untalan/NB, GMA News