A pair of youths smashed the lock on a motorcycle with a hammer on Dublin's quays in order to steak the bike as a desperate passerby tried to stop them.
The shocking incident happened early this morning in the city centre on Custom House Quay. In a video seen by Dublin Live, a gang of youths approached a motorcycle that was locked up close to a railing.
One of the youths approaches the bike with a hammer and begins raining blows down on the motorcycle's front lock as the alarm blares. A brave passerby intervened, trying to draw the youths' attention away from the motorcycle, without success.