The LockerBy Ken Fang on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDEUPP9j2q4

In this day and age of heightened security and terrorist plots, doing a kidnapping in the name of a TV prank is not a good idea. But that’s what happened to Algerian soccer player Madjid Bougherra who was in a café with a friend when the “kidnapping” starts to take place. Actors brandishing weapons take people hostage including Bougherra. He’s obviously terrified as he and actors posing as customers are herded into a closet.

Then Bougherra and is driven to the desert where it appears he’s about to be executed, but as that’s about to happen the prank is then revealed. Is this part of the Algerian sense of humor? This is so strange. Just watch the video which goes for almost 14 minutes and see if you laugh.

[Telegraph]

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013.

He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television.

Fang celebrates the four Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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