“Almost grateful” to land in jail

Don’t mess with Korean tourists :D I will keep that in mind next week when I’ll be in Seoul to prepare Lift Asia 09.

SOUTH KOREAN TOURISTS USE TAEKWANDO TO FLOOR ARMED ROBBER

(ANSA) – Rome, August 3 – A group of South Korean tourists honed their Taekwondo skills on an armed robber in Rome who ended up thanking police for rescuing him from a deathly beating, officials said on Monday.
“Thank you, I was being massacred,“ the 48-year-old unidentified Italian told Carabinieri police as they led him to Rome`s Regina Coeli prison.
The Koreans were touring the ancient Roman Theatre of Marcellus on Sunday afternoon when the man turned a knife on them and snatched a handbag. But before he could get away, one of the Koreans pounced on him, took his knife and floored him with some very deft strokes. Police said the man was decidedly very relieved to see them and “almost grateful“ to land in jail.

Link (thx Jaewoong)