A taxi driver defeated an armed attacker with his bare hands in a dramatic chase

The attackers were armed with a pump-action shotgun, and during the police chase, a man shot at police officers from a moving vehicle.

After the police managed to block the vehicle, a dramatic moment followed. The taxi driver, at the moment when the assailant was trying to shoot at the police from close range, attacked him and snatched his weapon with his bare hands.

In Turkey, a taxi driver heroically disarmed a heavily armed criminal who was holding him hostage

In the city of Gaziantep, a couple hijacked a 58-year-old taxi driver at gunpoint using a pump-action shotgun.

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The police then overpowered and detained the male suspect and his female companion.

The brave taxi driver suffered minor injuries during the incident.

(Vijesti.ba)