Don't be so sure they aren't packing heat.
I had a not dissimilar situation once in Venezuela.
Got robbed by 5 or 6 youngsters who surrounded me when I took refuge under an awning on a side street during a sudden downpour. I told them to fuck off, one of them punched me. So I reflexively smashed him in the face, flattening his nose and sending him down. Very quickly I found myself with a gun to the side of my head. They emptied my pockets, and then proceeded to beat me up badly at gun point. Fucking cowards/savages. Just like City of God, they do NOT give a fuck. On the bright side, they only got my decoy wallet, and the medical care afterwards was relatively cheap.
I still don't know why they didn't just shoot me. Maybe they were out of ammo.
I can't count the number of times I had given advice to people and told them not to resist a robbery in Latin America, just makes it worse, give them some money and be done with it, etc etc.
I had a not dissimilar situation once in Venezuela.
Got robbed by 5 or 6 youngsters who surrounded me when I took refuge under an awning on a side street during a sudden downpour. I told them to fuck off, one of them punched me. So I reflexively smashed him in the face, flattening his nose and sending him down. Very quickly I found myself with a gun to the side of my head. They emptied my pockets, and then proceeded to beat me up badly at gun point. Fucking cowards/savages. Just like City of God, they do NOT give a fuck. On the bright side, they only got my decoy wallet, and the medical care afterwards was relatively cheap.
I still don't know why they didn't just shoot me. Maybe they were out of ammo.
I can't count the number of times I had given advice to people and told them not to resist a robbery in Latin America, just makes it worse, give them some money and be done with it, etc etc.
"Me llaman el desaparecido
Que cuando llega ya se ha ido
Volando vengo, volando voy
Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido"