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Watch: Brazilian robbers pick on the wrong Mormon missionary

A newly released dramatic video captures two would-be robbers in the streets of Brazil being undone by a Mormon missionary from the United States, who disarms one man and pummels another with punches. In the end, the apparent attackers flee on foot, leaving behind their motorcycle. “The missionary feared for his life and reacted,” Eric Hawkins, […]

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A newly released dramatic video captures two would-be robbers in the streets of Brazil being undone by a Mormon missionary from the United States, who disarms one man and pummels another with punches.

In the end, the apparent attackers flee on foot, leaving behind their motorcycle.

“The missionary feared for his life and reacted,” Eric Hawkins, spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, headquartered in Salt Lake City, told The Washington Post late Wednesday.

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A newly released dramatic video captures two would-be robbers in the streets of Brazil being undone by a Mormon missionary from the United States, who disarms one man and pummels another with punches.

In the end, the apparent attackers flee on foot, leaving behind their motorcycle.

“The missionary feared for his life and reacted,” Eric Hawkins, spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, headquartered in Salt Lake City, told The Washington Post late Wednesday.

 

Read the whole story from The Washington Post.

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