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[Gaborn]

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 14 (RIA Novosti) - A woman survived an armed robbery on a bus in northeast Brazil, after a wad of banknotes she was hiding in her bra stopped a bullet from reaching her heart, local media said on Tuesday.

Ivonete Pereira de Oliveira, 58, was on a bus in the Brazilian state of Bahia traveling to the town of Lauro de Freitas on Saturday, when two robbers attacked the vehicle.

When a police officer arrived at the scene, the attackers began to shoot. The officer was killed, and a stray bullet hit the woman's chest. The banknotes dulled the impact, preventing a fatal injury.

Ivonete said she had hidden 150 Brazil reals ($70) in 10 and 20 bills in her garment, due to the high level of crime in the area. According to police, up to five armed attacks on buses take place in the state every day.

The woman was hospitalized and the bullet was removed by surgeons. The robbers escaped the crime scene, but one was shot in the leg.

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[Samara]

Wow, that is amazing. I've stop putting money in my bra when I saw a dude pull out a money order from his boxers! :lol

 

[Zozz]

I was expecting tits, am i right?!?

 

[Des0lar]

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 14 (RIA Novosti) - A woman survived an armed robbery on a bus in northeast Brazil, after a wad of banknotes she was hiding in her bra stopped a bullet from reaching her heart, local media said on Tuesday.

Ivonete Pereira de Oliveira, 58, was on a bus in the Brazilian state of Bahia traveling to the town of Lauro de Freitas on Saturday, when two robbers attacked the vehicle.

When a police officer arrived at the scene, the attackers began to shoot. The officer was killed, and a stray bullet hit the woman's chest. The banknotes dulled the impact, preventing a fatal injury.

Ivonete said she had hidden 150 Brazil reals ($70) in 10 and 20 bills in her garment, due to the high level of crime in the area. According to police, up to five armed attacks on buses take place in the state every day.

The woman was hospitalized and the bullet was removed by surgeons. The robbers escaped the crime scene, but one was shot in the leg.

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Ugh.

 

[DoomGyver]

Boobs save the day.™

 

[A Human Becoming]

Wow, that is amazing. I've stop putting money in my bra when I saw a dude pull out a money order from his boxers! :lol

I'm surprised people don't just wear bullet proof vests if it's that bad.

 

[Ela Hadrun]

I'm surprised people don't just wear bullet proof vests if it's that bad.

My guess would be that you can't get a bullet proof vest for 150 reals.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Ugh.

strange how the kinda gloss over it

 

[andycapps]

Save the tatas

 

[Zyzyxxz]

My guess would be that you can't get a bullet proof vest for 150 reals.

plate of scrap metal says hello.

 

[Pimpwerx]

My guess would be that you can't get a bullet proof vest for 150 reals.

This. Thank god for devalued currency. If she was using the funny money that one African country was making, she might actually have been able to repel the bullet with just $10 in bank notes. PEACE.

 

[Ela Hadrun]

plate of scrap metal says hello.

Dude, in Brazil that plate of scrap metal is somebody's HOUSE

 

[Binabik15]

Dude, in Brazil that plate of scrap metal is somebody's HOUSE

Or his car. Or his surfboard.

 

[kozmo7]

Is it wrong I wish I had boobs sometimes?

And it is very strange that the death of the officer was just a cliff note. "Oh yeah, some guy got killed, whatever"

 

[highroller]

I was expecting tits, am i right?!?

Yep, but that dude dying doesn't make the story much beter, that's actually a little depressing.

 

[Timedog]

Was she hot?

 

[Totz]

Dude, in Brazil that plate of scrap metal is somebody's HOUSE

Please, this is 2009. We've got bricks now.

Spoiler

Cement to come in early 2011.

 

[Xabora]

Wow, that is amazing. I've stop putting money in my bra when I saw a dude pull out a money order from his boxers! :lol

Mildy off topic but that is a pretty badass avatar.

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

Brazil is fucking crazy scary.

 

[KevinCow]

Pics of wo

Ivonete Pereira de Oliveira, 58

Oh.

 

[skybaby]

LOL REALS

 

[DarkJediKnight]

ha

 

[thetrin]

At least someone is keeping it reals

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

wow