The athletes' village in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: AAP)
The Vice-Consul of Russia has shot a thief dead near the athletes' village in Rio.
The 60-year-old was driving with his wife and daughter on Avenue of the Americas when two motorcyclist surrounded them in traffic, Brazilian newspaper Globo reports.
One suspect broke the driver's window with a gun, according to the Homicide Division of the Capital.
The Russian official, who is trained in jiu-jitsu, grabbed the gun and shot the attacker.
The bandit reportedly died instantly while the accomplice fled.
Witnesses said Slovenian Olympic cyclists were training on the same street when the attack happened, Daily Mail reports.
The incident happened when traffic stopped for the Olympic torch to pass by at Barra da Tijuca, near the Olympic Park.
A spokesman for Rio's 31st Military Police Battalion said the incident happened about midday local time.
"The man involved is a lawyer and also the vice-consul of Russia. He is Brazilian and a native of Rio de Janeiro," the spokesman said.
"He is not part of or has any relation with the Olympic committee of Russia which is in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics."
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The   for  — by reports disputed by the Russian Consul — shot and killed an attacker on Thursday , after two individuals attempted to commit a robbery.

As reported,  lawyer Marcos Cesar Feres Braga — so-named by the  newspaper — working for the  , was driving with his family through the suburb of  near the main  complex when the incident occurred. According to reports from the Rio newspaper , the 60-year-old man, his wife, and his daughter were stopped in traffic due to the  procession in a nearby neighbourhood.
Two individuals on motorbikes approached and used a gun to smash the car window. Braga, trained and considered an expert — according to reports — in , took control of the attacker's firearm and proceeded to shoot dead the alleged attacker, while the second suspect fled the scene.

Rio de Janeiro's homicide branch has released a statement in relation to the incident. "The vice consul got into a physical struggle with the assailant and during the fight the aggressor's weapon fired shots. The assailant died of his wounds on the spot."

However, Russia's Consul General Vladimir Tokmakov has released a statement claiming no Russian diplomats or employees of the consulate general were involved in the incident. 
"Information circulating in the Brazilian press about the alleged shooting ... of a Brazilian national by a Russian diplomat during an armed robbery does not reflect reality".


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