A Brooklyn bodega cat was stolen – and a community has rallied to try to find him
Still from a video of two people stealing a cat from Eighth Street Mini Market in Brooklyn, New York. Photograph: Eighth Street Mini Market’View image in fullscreenStill from a video of two people stealing a cat from Eighth Street Mini Market in Brooklyn, New York. That person said Jabal would be brought back to the store from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick later on Monday, according to both Janzen and Innab.But as the store closed on Monday night, Jabal had not been brought back to the Eighth Street Mini Market, according to an employee at the store.
- ▪Still from a video of two people stealing a cat from Eighth Street Mini Market in Brooklyn, New York.
- ▪Photograph: Eighth Street Mini Market’View image in fullscreenStill from a video of two people stealing a cat from Eighth Street Mini Market in Brooklyn, New York.
- ▪That person said Jabal would be brought back to the store from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick later on Monday, according to both Janzen and Innab.But as the store closed on Monday night, Jabal had not been brought back to the Eighth
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Still from a video of two people stealing a cat from Eighth Street Mini Market in Brooklyn, New York. Photograph: Eighth Street Mini Market’View image in fullscreenStill from a video of two people stealing a cat from Eighth Street Mini Market in Brooklyn, New York. Photograph: Eighth Street Mini Market’New YorkA Brooklyn bodega cat was stolen – and a community has rallied to try to find himTwo people appeared to take three-month-old Jabal the kitten in plain view of a surveillance cameraRamon Antonio VargasTue 15 Sep 2026 07.26 EDTLast modified on Tue 15 Sep 2026 07.27 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleOwners of a New York City bodega on Monday were holding out hope that they would be reunited with their store’s kitten after a couple passing by the store days earlier appeared to abduct…
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