“You get to a point where you think you have to do something and you have to react. That is where I thought I could do something and I have the courage to do it,” Kuruvilla said. But the married father of two, a 1st dan black belt in Seibukan karate, waited for a chance to snatch the pistol. Kuruvilla said his teacher had instructed him to tackle people when put in such a situation. “He was thinking: ‘Easy money, two minutes, two grand,’ something like that.”The shopkeeper, a former chef, said the man was begging to be freed.

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2017 15:11 UTC