Summary Bastos soon had one of the assailants crushed between her legs and pleading for help.
SAO PAULO (AFP) - A cry for help during a mugging doesn t sound unusual - except in this case it was the mugger begging police to save him, a Brazilian report said Wednesday.
Two assailants jumped Monique Bastos, a jiu-jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts enthusiast on her way to training, in Acailandia in northeastern Brazil late Tuesday, G1 news site reported.
Bastos soon had one of the assailants crushed between her legs and pleading for help.
"Call the police, call the police!" the half-strangled alleged robber can be heard yelling on amateur footage posted by G1, as locals mock and threaten the immobilized suspect.
The other alleged robber got away with Bastos cellphone, G1 reported.
Fifteen minutes later, police did arrive. Bastos, meanwhile, says she saved her alleged assailant from a worse fate at the hands of locals hoping to dispense rough justice -- a common occurence at crime scenes in Brazil.
"I was going to the gym to train. They came up on a motorbike and immediately took my phone. I thought they were friends, but I soon saw they weren t," Bastos told G1. "The other one got away with my phone."
