By DPA,
Sydney : A German on holiday in Australia had her black belt in karate to thank for thwarting an attempted robbery on the streets of the central Outback city of Alice Springs, Northern Territory police said Monday.
Would-be muggers who set upon the woman and her friends Saturday night as they were crossing a Todd River footbridge were given a master class in martial arts.
“The victim managed to punch one of the offenders three times in the face with a karate chop,” Superintendent Sean Parnell told national broadcaster ABC.
“And they then attempted to run away, and these baddies chased them, and she’s swung around and given them a kick to the side of the head and a couple more karate chops and they’ve run away.”
There have been three assaults in four days in Alice Springs, which is midway between Darwin in the north and Adelaide in the south and the biggest stop on the Ghan luxury rails service between those cities.