A thief fell to his death while trying to escape from the fifth-floor apartment of a building in the city of Giza Governorate, Egypt. The rope he had used to rob his neighbour’s apartment snapped and he fell to the ground, according to local media reports.

The victim, in his 30s, was said to be living in the building’s fourth floor apartment, and climbed to his neighbour’s apartment using the rope. After collecting the stolen items and putting them in a sack, he tried to escape using the rope, which snapped.

A police team arrived at the scene where they found his body and stolen items next to him. -ndtv.com