A pickpocket stole a phone from a deafblind woman from Yekaterinburg on the bus.

      A pickpocket stole a phone from a deaf-blind woman from Yekaterinburg on a bus

      August 23, 2026 A first-group visually impaired individual and public figure, Tatyana Kiryanova, became a victim of a pickpocket in Yekaterinburg, who stole her smartphone on a bus. This was reported by "KP-Yekaterinburg."

      The theft occurred last Thursday, August 20, around 4:30 PM, when Tatyana was getting on bus route 74 (Gromova - Traktorная) at the "Frunze" stop.

      She couldn't see, but felt a tall man rushing to get out was pushing against her. "We're getting out, we're getting out," he kept saying, shoving Tatyana.

      The woman's handbag was hanging on her shoulder, and she had a cane in her other hand. Once seated, she realized that her handbag was unzipped and the phone that had been inside was gone, writes "KP-Yekaterinburg." At the bank branch where the robbed Yekaterinburg woman rushed to, they helped her secure her bank account from the criminals. Upon getting home and logging into her computer, she discovered that the thief had already tried to access her account.

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