CCTV footage of a thief failing to break into a house after breaking his leg in the attempt.

This video from the Newsflare archive was captured in Ho Chi Minh in February 2016 shows the thief trying to open the front gate of a house when suddenly it collapses on him.

As a result, the thief breaks his leg but manages to stand up and run away using his crowbar as a walking stick.

The residents were not in the house at the time of the incident.

A leg of this guy was broken when he was trying to break into a house. Particularly, he used a steel stick in order to open the door but the door suddenly collapsed and fell on his right leg, which broke the leg...

This video was recorded by a surveillance camera at a house in ward 7, district 8, Ho Chi Minh city. On the third day of Lunar New Year (10th February 2016) at about 1:45pm (Tet holiday), when the owners of this house went out of home in order to visit their relatives to enjoy the Tet holiday, there was a thief trying to damage the door and break into the house. However, the door suddenly collapsed, falling onto the thief's body, and broke one of his legs. After that, the thief tried to stand up and run away with a stagger. As this happened on Tet holiday, most of the citizens went back to their hometown and no one paid attention to appearance of this stranger man in this residential area; He, therefore, got way from the scene after failing to break into this house.