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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 12:51 AM
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Australian man scares off robbers by faking epileptic seizure
HONG KONG June 7, 2004 — An Australian man visiting a southern Chinese city scared off robbers demanding the security code for his ATM card by faking an epileptic seizure.

Tom Beckett was lured into a dead-end alley by two women who said they would take him to a DVD shop in Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong. Five robbers then showed up and took him hostage in a nearby building, the Sunday Morning Post reported.

After finding an automated teller machine card on Beckett, the robbers asked for the number, but Beckett, with his mouth taped, feigned an epileptic seizure, the report said.

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Lamorat Donating Member (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 08:11 AM
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1. Weird
I wouldn't need to fake it. But since I'm on medication, I'd just go for my Glock.
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LibLabUK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 08:24 AM
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2. Errr...
You do know that your CCW only applies within the US, right?

This happened in China...
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