A likely-hungry thief was caught on camera swiping an entire skewer of shawarma from a restaurant in Beirut.
Surveillance video circulating on Twitter shows the unidentified man enter the Estez Restaurant in the Zalka neighborhood of Beirut, grab a rack of shawarma and take off.
WATCH: Man caught on camera stealing shawarma from Beirut restaurant:
دخل المطعم ..لم يسرق المال…. سرق الطعام وهرب…… لبنان.. pic.twitter.com/tKIokrP3pv
— Salman Andary (@salmanonline) December 30, 2019
“Look what hunger has done to people,” the restaurant owner said in the video. “Look at where we have ended up in this country.”
It is unclear if security forces or the restaurant intends to take legal action against the man. Meanwhile, many social media users have come to the defense of the man in wake of the deteriorating financial situation in the Mediterranean country.
Lebanon’s economic crisis has sparked a currency devaluation, restrictions on withdrawals and a serious threat to the country’s banking systems.