Brazilian man dodges bullets and fights off bike thieves using crash helmet

A Brazilian man has been filmed by a security camera fearlessly dodging five bullets as he beat off a pair of would-be robbers.

The Sao Paulo man, who asked not to be identified for fear of a reprisal attack, survived the horrifying ordeal only because the assailant with the gun was a poor marksman and then ran out of ammunition. The victim was shot in the leg and is recovering from his injury.

Film of the daylight raid in the Sao Bernardo do Campo neighbourhood shows the victim parking his motorbike and preparing to enter his house as two men run up to launch their surprise assault. Despite being shot at near point blank range, the man fends off the gun-wielding criminal by throwing his crash helmet at him. Then as the accomplice botches the job of driving his motorbike away by manoeuvring it into the wall, the irate owner leaps on top of him and wrestles his property away.

Later he told a television station: “I was so angry I reacted without thinking and was lucky to escape with my life because the criminals were such poor shooters.”

Residents inspecting the scene later found that bullets had dented nearby garage doors. They said the robbers must have been watching and waiting for the victim to return from work.

The criminals fled in a silver car parked around the corner after their attack spectacularly failed.