RIO DE JANEIRO — A diplomat working for the Russian consulate in Rio de Janeiro shot and killed a mugger who tried to rob him at gunpoint on Thursday. <br /> <br />According to the Australian, Marcos Cesar Feres Braga was stuck in traffic during the Olympic torch relay when his BMW was targeted by two men on a motorbike. Braga was with his wife and daughter inside the vehicle at the time. <br /> <br />One of the men broke the car’s window with a revolver and demanded the driver’s watch. <br /> <br />Instead of handing over the item, the diplomat grabbed the assailant and pulled him into the car. He then used the attacker’s own gun to shoot him in the head. <br /> <br />The mugger’s dead body was reportedly left on the scene for several hours, reports the Telegraph. The other man fled the scene after seeing his partner killed. <br /> <br />Braga is reportedly a Brazilian lawyer in his 60s who works for the Russian consulate in Rio as its vice-consul.
