Italy schoolgirl teaches muggers a lesson using jiu-jitsu

Three goons got the shock of their lives after the 16-year-old schoolgirl they were trying to rob, fought back ferociously using her martial arts skills. The incident, which took place in Italian town Trescore Balneario, happened on Friday.

The teenager was walking home from school at around 2pm when three men, who looked like they were in their early 20s, surrounded her. One of them then put his hand in her jacket pocket in an attempt to steal her cell phone. But it was the girl’s reaction that caught them off guard.

She grabbed his arm and used her jiu-jitsu moves to make sure that he couldn’t move. The sight made his two accomplices immediately flee the scene. It was only after the girl loosened her grip that the guy ran away “without saying a word,” reports Il Giorno. She later told a family member about what happened when went back home, who took to her to a police station to file a complaint.