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Unlikely hero stops bank robbery

A bank robbery was foiled when a witness was so frightened that his screams scared the robbers away reports ananova.com.

The witness, a man from Sao Luiz, Brazil, was in the post office when the robbers burst in. He had come to collect his stall which he uses to sell books outside the post office and which he keeps inside the building overnight.

A witness said: “The post office was being robbed but he didn’t realise until he was almost leaving. “He got so scared, he screamed loudly and let the stall and all the books fall, making a huge noise. “The robbers got so scared they even forgot they had guns - they panicked and ran away.”

A police spokesperson said: “Even though it was unintentional, he stopped the robbery. We will give him a medal for that. We are calling him The Clumsy and Scared Hero!”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .