Tourist kills mugger with bare hands

Marvin

Black Belt
Joined
Dec 2, 2003
Messages
580
Reaction score
5
Location
The planet Vulcan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/costa_ rica_tourist_mugging

Feb 23 2007
U.S. tourist in Costa Rica kills mugger
By MARIANELA JIMENEZ, Associate Press Writer1 hour, 36 minutes ago

An American senior citizen killed an alleged mugger with his bare hands, and his traveling companions aboard a tour bus fended of two other assailants in the Atlantic coast city of Limon, police said.

A retired member of the U.S. military aged about 70 put suspect Warner Segura in a head lock and broke his clavicle after the 20-year-old and two other men armed with a knife and gun held up their tour bus, Luis Hernandez, the police chief of Limon, 80 miles east of San Jose, said Thursday. Segura was later declared dead, apparently from asphyxiation.

The two other men fled when the 12 senior citizens started defending themselves during the Wednesday attack. Afterward, the tourists drove Segura to the Red Cross where he was declared dead. The Red Cross also treated one of the tourists for an anxiety attack, Hernandez said.

The tourists left on their Carnival cruise ship after the incident and Hernandez said authorities do not plan to press any charges against them.

"They were in their right to defend themselves after being held up," he said.
 

Kacey

Sr. Grandmaster
MTS Alumni
Joined
Jan 3, 2006
Messages
16,462
Reaction score
227
Location
Denver, CO
You aren't the only to have seen this - there's another thread citing the same article here. Must be one of those "great minds think alike" things!
 

still learning

Senior Master
Joined
Nov 8, 2004
Messages
3,749
Reaction score
48
Hello, Together we stand strong....as an individual...still can be strong like this 70 year old guy. It takes courage to do this. All of them were brave.

Chokes do not necessary have to be a young person for it to work. (most people take up to four minutes before dieing in a choke (can be faster).

Lot of times you just cut the air passages and people gets knock out instead. (not in all cases).

When choking someone? ...try covering the mouth and nose at the same time, using the other hand? ....try it on your partner for practice and see how it works compare to the other ways you have been doing it!

I think you will see a big difference on how fast it works (covering the mouth and nose at the same time). ......Aloha

PS: Chokeing the ears from air does not work...best to choke the neck area, (between the head and shoulders).
 

Latest Discussions

Top