The Russian diplomat was in this X6 SUV when a robbery attempt turned into a wrestling match which ended in the death of the robber
A Brazilian lawyer, Marcos Cesar Feres Braga, who holds the vice-consul post at the Russian consulate in Rio de Janeiro, has dramatically shot dead an armed mugger who had tried to hold him up in his car, just after on the last day before the Rio 2016 Olympics opening ceremony.
According to a report by Dailymail, the Russian vice-consul, reportedly grabbed the attacker and pulled him into his BMW X6 after he had smashed the car window and pointed a gun at him, demanding he hand over his watch.
Local media outlet, Globo reported that Braga who is trained in jiu-jitsu and was travelling with his wife and daughter at the time, was struck at around midday by the mugger, who was on a motorbike with another man.
Police reported that a struggle ensued inside the diplomat's car until he managed to grab the assailant's gun, which he used to shoot him dead at point blank range.
The X6 belongs to Russia's vice-consul in Rio
The body of the mugger, named as Leonardo Lopes Batista, which lay for several hours on the road as police underwent investigations, was seen by various Olympic delegations which passed by on the special Olympic lanes close to the crime scene.
In a statement, Rio's 31st Military Police Battalion, which investigated the incident, said Braga 'acted quickly pulling the criminal inside the car, took his revolver and fired it towards him.'
Rio's Homicide Police Station said investigators were still at the crime scene, more than five hours following the shooting.
A spokesman said: 'The man involved is a lawyer and also the vice-consul of Russia. He is Brazilian and a native of Rio de Janeiro.
'He is not part of or has any relation with the Olympic committee of Russia which is in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics.'
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