South Africa: helmet cam records robbery

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The video from a South African cyclist’s helmet camera shows a gunman running forward and stealing the bicycle and other possessions with the help of two accomplices, apparently unaware that they were being filmed.

Video footage helped police investigators track and arrest the three suspects, all of them 22 years old, who robbed the cyclist of his mountain bike and cellular telephone, police said Thursday. The suspects face a robbery charge and will remain in custody until a court hearing later this month, police Lt. Col. Andre Traut said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press.