A video of an unknown taxi driver with a knife going up against a man from a Mercedes Benz vehicle with a gun became the latest viral video online during the past few hours. As of posting there is no definite and complete details of the entire scuffle that happened on EDSA, we will update this post as soon as complete details will be revealed online.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iDI-458P68
The video which was originally posted by a certain Naoj Ragiaba and re-posted on various Facebook Pages owned and managed by Filipinos, went viral immediately after it was shared by thousands of netizens.
Based upon the viral video, the incident happened somewhere in EDSA. There is no specified date of the incident but the video was posted on Saturday, July 26, 2014.
Netizens aired their comments with the incident, some of them favored the Mercedes man who has a gun and knife noting that his actions is an act of self-defense against the taxi driver who has a knife.
Some netizens also sided with the taxi driver, but nobody could tell exactly what happened during the whole incident unless an eyewitness will emerge from one of the passengers in the bus or the accompanying passenger of the Mercedes Benz.
According to the narrator who probably owned the video the plate number of the Mercedez Benz is KDP 313 while the taxi’s plate number is UVN 607.
What do you think of the incident? Just add your comments in the space provided below or through our Facebook commenting system.
Watch the viral video below:
when the man from the benz approached the taxi driver for the unknown reason, the taxi driver tried to stub the man with his knife, the man step back and start reaching for his gun while kicking the taxi door to prevent the taxi driver with the knife from coming out of the taxi, the man only stop kicking the door when he got hold of his gun, at the same time the taxi driver with his knife got out of the taxi and went straight to the man, the man pointed his gun to the taxi driver and thats the time when the taxi driver back out and throw his knife inside his taxi, the man put down his gun and check his belly for any injury, he put his gun inside his bag and went inside the taxi to get the knife of the taxi driver, the man went to his benz together with his bag and the knife from the taxi, he put his bag inside his benz and came out with the knife he got from the taxi. And the rest is simple just watch the video carefully you can see everything
Stab, not stub. Learn to (removed)g spell.
Sorry man. My mistake. Whats happening to our world? People now are so violent….:(
Actually both parties have presence of mind. If the taxi driver didnt backout by throwing his knife in his taxi, he will be dead by now. Self defense on part of the shooter. If the benz owner shoot an unarmed man, that would be homicide. Maybe the reason why the taxi driver follows the benz, cuz he knows he will not be harm as long as he is not armed. Or maybe he love his knife too much 🙂
how you just did say those situation ? did you witness the whole story ?
The taxi’s left side mirror is pushed forward, indicating the Benz cut into the taxi’s path. Of course, arrogant owner of the Benz is pissed off but wants to insist that the taxi driver was at fault so he gets out of his car and brings his gun (as is normal for a traffic altercation. Shit, really? Is this what the world has come to?).
This theory is supported by the fact that the taxi driver was holding what looks to be his license so that he could exchange information with the Benz owner, but the Benz owner fled. Why would you chase down a driver with a gun, especially someone who clearly showed he could have used it against you? Because the Benz was fleeing the scene of the traffic accident. He probably didn’t even know he was being captured for all eternity.
Do all taxi’s drive around with knives? I’m not sure I’m comfortable knowing public transportation have potential weapons concealed in them. If a driver has a bad day, who will (removed)ure me that I won’t be held hostage for my valuables. This is alarming considering public transportation is so commonly used that a driver may feel that one robbed p(removed)enger is probably insignificant to the population that they can get away with it.
The number of reports of public transportations exploiting their p(removed)engers, whether using some sort of spray to incapacitate, charging higher fares, or holding up victims far outweigh private vehicles causing intentional harm to others on the road.