It's been a bad few days for criminals. Not only did a mugger in Germany get taken down by a blind judo champion, but an armed robber in Colombia found out the hard way that a karate academy is a lousy place to try and rob.
The thief discovered the flaw in his plans when the students at the academy didn't take kindly to being robbed, police said on Friday.
The robber is now recovering in a hospital, in Santander province north of Bogota, after the martial artists used their combat skills on him and took away his gun.
'An individual entered a martial arts school with a firearm but they managed to react, put their knowledge to use and disarmed him,' Santander police commander Col. Julio Cesar Santoyo told local Caracol radio.
Not to be missed are the comments:Texas Rocks! With the modifications to our "Texas Castle Law" last year it would be legal to kill the robber. AND if he had any money in his pockets you could reflect that the robber paid you to terminate him! Now how cool is that?
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today signed into law Senate Bill 378, extending Texans’ rights to use deadly force for means of self-defense, without retreat, in their home, vehicle or workplace. The law takes effect Sept. 1, 2007.
- Dave, Dallas Texas
Troy -The UK is one step ahead of you guys on this. In the UK not only would the victims have been arrested, jailed and sued but the robber would have been able under EU 'yumin rights' legislation, to have demanded and received 'compensation' for his hurt 'feeling's, his hurt ribs, his hurt head, his hurt 'dignity' and all the 101 other little 'urts he suffered - poor thing. We don't play around in the UK - we give it to the victims of crime in spades. How dare they stand up for themselves?!
- John Jones, London
No kidding, how dare those kids try to defend themselves.
- Sam, Virginia, USA
Brilliant!
- Steven Klassen, United States
Columbian justice seems to have taken a turn for the better. In the US the victims would have been arrested and sued.
- Troy Lee, Sanibel Florida USA
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