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Cruise passenger kills mugger with bare hands
A Carnival Cruise Line passenger has killed a mugger with his bare hands after fighting him off and putting him in a headlock.
It happened after a gang of young men, yielding knives and a gun, attempted to rob a group of passengers as they stepped off a tour bus during an excursion near San Jose, Costa Rica.
The passengers defended themselves and one man, reported to be a 70-year-old retired US military officer, held one of the robbers in a headlock, according to news agency AP.
Police said the 20-year-old was later declared dead from asphyxiation and the group were allowed to return to the ship, Carnival Liberty, without charge.
Police chief Luis Hernandez said: “They were right to defend themselves after being held up.”
By Lisa James
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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