Posted on 06/13/2016 12:45:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An Egyptian actress was reduced to a sobbing, nervous wreck on national television when pranksters staged a fake Daesh (the so-called Islamic State) terrorist abduction and tried to make her wear a phony suicide belt.
Militants linked to Daesh have previously claimed attacks on the country, so it is not inconceivable that Heba Magdy believed she had somehow become embroiled in a terrifying terrorist plot, reports Albawaba.com.
The extraordinarily cruel prank was part of Egyptian channel Al Nahar TV’s show “Mini Daesh” which involves actors dressed in militant uniforms and carrying crude Daesh flags frightening unsuspecting victims.
On Sunday, Al Nahar TV tweeted a clip of the bizarre hidden camera program, showing the “breakdown” of their first hostage Magdy.
During the show, Magdy sobs uncontrollably as she is surrounded by a group of masked men carrying guns and a whip.
At one point the screaming woman cowers behind a wooden chair, while an actor posing as a terrorist attempts to wrap a prop suicide vest stuffed with hoax explosives around her.
The traumatic trick culminates with police apparently surrounding the building as firecrackers go off and a man in a balaclava points a rocket launcher at the door.
AhlulBayt News Agency reported that Magdy was unaware it was all a prank. Other episodes of “Mini Daesh” have since aired on Al Nahar TV, with one frightened man being forced to swear an oath in front of the Daesh flag.
Egyptian pranksters have previously made global headlines due to their penchant for over-the-top jokes.
Paris Hilton reportedly threatened to sue notorious TV rogue entertainer Ramez Galal, after she was led to believe a plane she was traveling in was about to crash.
The US socialite was in Dubai to open a new hotel when she boarded a flying tour of the city. However, half-way through the pilot simulated an engine failure leading a screaming Hilton to believe she was plummeting to her death.
“Are we going to land or not? Why can’t we land… where is the pilot?” she can be heard shouting, before a man, for some reason, is pushed from the back of the open plane.
Galal later apologized to a crying Hilton and revealed she was the unwitting participant in a prank show.
“That’s like been the biggest fear of my whole life – dying in a plane because I fly almost every day of my life. Oh my god,”a clearly distressed Hilton said.
Galal usually hosts a Ramadan prank show in which he pushes celebrities to the brink – both physically and emotionally.
On Monday, his show “Ramez Plays with Fire” staged a towering hotel inferno to dupe Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama, although there has been speculation that Alama actually knew what was going on during the explosive events.
Apparently Muslims who aren’t the target of their sick jokes think this is funny.
And I thought American TV was bad.
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Muslim humor. A shorter book than German Humor.
I’m all for good practical jokes. I once had my mom’s co-worker think the FBI was coming to arrest him. Best part was, I didn’t even know the guy. My mom asked for my help.
I also had several co-workers implicated in a harassment complaint against me. I even got the HR Director in on the gag. The instigator even offered to resign his job before I walked in and started laughing.
But this is way over the top. One of these guys is going to get shot.
An excellent way for Daesh to get dead.
Those wacky Muslims....
How cruel!
What deranged b.s.
Anyone involved with this deserves a vigorous ass-kicking.
Somehow I missed this movie. Was it any good?
The extraordinarily cruel prank was part of Egyptian channel Al Nahar TV’s show “Mini Daesh” which involves actors dressed in militant uniforms and carrying crude Daesh flags frightening unsuspecting victims.
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It would really be hilarious if one of them got shot in the head or stabbed to death. Getting smashed with a hammer or club would be good for chuckles, too.
A good standard for pranks and practical jokes is to ask whether the recipient will laugh about it afterward. If you terrify someone out of their skin that is not a joke it is pure cruelty.
Remind me not to work with either you or your mother.
Albert Brooks is the most unfunny comedian who ever lived.
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It was ok, but far from Brooks’ best work.
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Our kids will have to make sacrifice to Odin and Freyr, though. I'm an old-old-fashioned boy.
Exactly. I’ve never let one go so far the recipient was mad.
Although one guy...
When he got married, we slipped into their apartment and among other things filled the closet with balloons. 3-4 of them were full of confetti.
When they got back I called them and was chatting with his wife to the lovely sound of balloons popping in the background. Suddenly I hear “I’m gonna kill him.” I guess he found the confetti
Yeah, that’s what IMDB said. Did he pull his punches?
She’s gorgeous! And you didn’t ping Laz.
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