A three-month-old kitten named Jabal vanished from a Brooklyn bodega after being snatched in broad daylight by two passersby, captured on surveillance footage as the animal struggled in their grasp. The incident has sparked a community-wide search effort, with store owners clinging to hope of a reunion as they review the video evidence. The kitten’s disappearance occurred just outside the market where he lived, raising concerns about his safety and well-being. Authorities and locals are now urging anyone with information to come forward as the search intensifies.


Two people appeared to take three-month-old Jabal the kitten in plain view of a surveillance cameraOwners 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 the cat in plain view of a surveillance camera and ignited an intense grassroots search effort.The plight of three-month-old Jabal began on Thursday morning in Brooklyn, when he went just outside the Eighth Street Mini Market where he lives as it opened for the day. A man walking alongside a woman passed the Park Slope market then picked up Jabal, and the pair took off as the kitten visibly squirmed, according to store surveillance video which the bodega’s owner, Imad “Jimmy” Innab, reviewed after he noticed the cat had gone missing. Continue reading...