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A martial arts enthusiast pulls a vehicle with a rope connected to his eye sockets during a performance in Hefei, Anhui province November 30, 2009. Picture taken November 30, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily

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    Gunman gets chop during karate robbery

    BOGOTA
    Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:44am EDT

    BOGOTA (Reuters) - A karate academy was not the best target for a robbery, a Colombian thief found when his attempt got the chop from practicing students, police said on Friday.

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    The robber was recovering in a hospital in Santander province north of Bogota after the martial artists used their combat skills 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.
    Oddly Enough


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