Disturbing footage shows a trio of teens pummeling a Bronx Papa John’s worker before fleeing with two stolen pizzas, leaving the clerk afraid of returning to work because it is “too dangerous.”
The thugs – two 18-year-olds and one 15-year-old – barged into the fast food joint on East 204th Street near Decatur Avenue in Norwood around 11:30 p.m. Saturday and started an argument with worker Zakir Husain, 32, over their food order, according to cops and the victim.
Video shows one of the boys, wearing all red, leaning through the order window and talking before two of his pals walk through a door that appears to lead behind the counter.
Seconds later, the trio drag Husain back through the door and begin thrashing him in the restaurant.
“I say, ‘Please, anybody call the police? Anybody call the police? Can anybody go lock [the door]?” Husain told The Post in a phone interview.
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“He pushed me outside, and he started punching,” he continued. “I am trying to lock the door, and then he pushed me outside and punched – he started punching.”
The clip shows that three other customers can then make a beeline for the door.
Husain said the tensions first flared when pint-sized perps arrived at the store to pick up pizza they ordered through Uber Eats.
But a little while later, they came back with an empty box, though it wasn’t clear why.
“I just told him, ‘Sir, you want more food?’ I have to get the [permission] from my manager,” Husain explained.
He said he told the customer wearing all red that once he gets permission from his manager, all of his money would be refunded and he would get another pizza.
However, the teen became increasingly irate and started swearing.
Husain was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition. He said he was still in pain Tuesday and his “head is not working.”
Hussain said he was too out of sorts to remember how much food the suspects stole, but said his lawyer told him it was two boxes of pizza.
He added that he did not know what he did to deserve the brutal beatdown.
“What’s happening to me? What is my wrong?” Husain said. “I say that ‘I just follow the rules, sir.’ I just called [for] my manager’s permission, [then] I give you food. That’s simple rules.”
Adam Machado and Sinaly Siahoue, both 18, in addition to a 15-year-old boy whose name was not released because he is a minor, were arrested Monday and charged with second-degree robbery, cops said.
But now Husain, who said he was assaulted in the store just last year by a different suspect – is wary about his safety at work.
“I don’t know if my life is safe or not safe,” Husain said.
“So many problems in here. Too much,” he added. “Yeah, it’s too dangerous. I think now it’s too dangerous to work.”
