(CNN) A Russian vice-consul shot and killed a robber who attacked him on Thursday afternoon in Rio de Janiero, according to Brazilian state run news agency Agencia Brasil. Local media reports said the Russian vice-consul was in a car with his wife and daughter when the robber approached on a bike. "All Russian diplomats and the Russian foreign employees, located in Rio de Janiero, alive, healthy and to this have no relationship," he said. Russian state news agency TASS has published a report completely denying the shooting occurred, quoting Rio's Russian Consul General as saying the diplomat was not involved "in a shootout." Media reports said the diplomat struggled with the robber during the attempted mugging, before managing to take the assailant's gun and shoot him.

Source: CNN August 05, 2016 02:37 UTC