A video which has gone viral captures how an attempted attack went wrong when a man tried to collect a security officer’s gun.

It was gathered that the incident took place in South Africa.

An armed security officer was standing at his post vigilantly watching as people went in and out of the building he was guarding.

However, a suspected criminal tried to dispossess him of his gun but was unsuccessful and it ended tragically for the assailant.

In the clip, a man moved swiftly to the officer, but before he could get a hold of the gun, a few shots went off which hit him and he fell to the ground.

Twitter user, @LeratoN_ shared the clip with the caption; ”Crime does not pay”

Watch the video below:

Crime does not pay pic.twitter.com/5Qa3C59qpl

— Ｎｔｓｈｉｅｎｇ (@LeratoNW_) February 8, 2022