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Armed motorcycle mugger shot DEAD by Russian diplomat in Rio de Janeiro after botched carjacking

Marcos Cesar Feres Braga dragged motorcycle robber into his car and shot him

THE RUSSIAN vice-consul in Rio de Janeiro dramatically SHOT an armed robber who tried to mug him.

The robber smashed his car window and pointed a gun at him, demanding he hand over his watch.

This was the police guard for the Olympic Torch Relay - which caused the traffic jam
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This was the police guard for the Olympic Torch Relay - which caused the traffic jamCredit: Getty Images

Instead, Marcos Cesar Feres Braga, a Brazilian lawyer who holds the vice consul post at the Russian consulate, pulled the would-be mugger into his car, grabbed his gun and shot him dead at point blank range.

The robber struck on motorbike while the diplomat waited for traffic to start moving just after the Olympic torch relay had passed by on the last day before the Rio 2016 opening ceremony.

Witnesses said that Olympic cyclists from Slovenia were passing by at the moment of the shooting

Rodrigo Pontes carries the Olympic torch past the Contemporary Art Museum on its way to Rio de Janeiro
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Rodrigo Pontes carries the Olympic torch past the Contemporary Art Museum on its way to Rio de JaneiroCredit: AP:Associated Press

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There is a huge security presence in Rio with heavily-armed police and members of the armed forcesCredit: Getty Images

The body of the mugger, named as Leonardo Lopes Batista, lay for several hours on the road as police underwent investigations and was seen by various Olympic delegations.

His accomplice fled after seeing his partner killed.

The homicide squad was still at the scene hours after the shooting.

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Riot police escorting the Olympic torch relayCredit: Getty Images
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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."

Gun point carjackings and muggings of people stuck in traffic are common in Rio, and a number of visitors have been targeted in the weeks before the Olympic Games.

Security of the athletes has been paramount since 1972 when the Black September terrorist group kidnapped and killed six Israeli athletes and five Israeli coaches over two days in September.

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