In an image-damaging incident for Pakistan, the authorities of the country who were supposed to provide security to tourists assaulted and even stole the belongings of a European influencer & cyclist. An Instagram influencer & cyclist named Alex recently took to his social media handle and shared a video exposing Pakistani Police for torturing him and two other European tourists. Alex on his Instagram handle wrote, "Words fail me. I cannot even begin to express my disgust with how we have been treated by the Pakistan police and government; it’s horrific, illegal, and shameful." Alex's Pakistan Police video took the internet by storm and netizens started to react to it. Now, the question arises who is Alex aka tallbiketour? Below is everything you need to know-
Who is Alex aka tallbiketour?
Alex in the video described himself as saying, "I have been cycling around the world ever since 2022. For the past two months, I have been crossing Pakistan with two other cyclists. Due to safety concerns in some regions of Pakistan, most foreigners overland are assigned a Police escort. This is usually a few Police officers who will change every 20-30 Km with the vehicle that will follow you."
Going by his Instagram profile, Alex is 21 years old and has already traveled 17,537km. Alex has traveled to 22 countries till now, Wherever Alex goes, he explores the region with his customized cycle. Also, he films everything that happens in between just like a travel vlog. Alex has 63.3K followers on Instagram (while writing).
Alex aka tallbiketour in Pakistan
Alex shared the video with the caption, "Words fail me. I cannot even begin to express my disgust with how we have been treated by the Pakistan police and government; it’s horrific, illegal and shameful.
We are currently 3 cyclists navigating our way across Asia by bicycle - during our time in Pakistan we have been harassed by police, assaulted, had our items stolen, our bicycles and property damaged, our bodies injured, and lied to every day - and all this by the police.
When we entered Punjab, the police escort (which we did not request, they are assigned to some overland tourists at random and we are told it’s “mandatory”) became much worse than usual.
We were used to being lied to every day, scammed, and harassed constantly.
But over the following two days we were also assaulted multiple times, again entirely by the police force: against unarmed people on bicycles.
On the morning of the first assault we left our (mandatory-assigned) hotel at midday and cycled to a nearby roadside cafe for breakfast. We already had a police escort with us (24/7), which was fine.
It’s important to note that the location of this cafe was on the N5, which is the Karachi - Lahore road police told us to take because it is “safe”."
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