The man escaped unharmed after being shot because his cellphone stopped the bullet

May 2, 2014 10:25 GMT  ·  By

Even the cheapest of Nokia Lumia line of cellphones can be described as “bulletproof,” as a Lumia 520 saved a man's life yesterday during a robbery.

An off-duty cop from Araraquara, Brasil, went to his parents' home on Thursday afternoon with the intention to ask his mother to wash his uniform for him. When the 24-year-old military police officer arrived at the house, he discovered that his parents were being held hostages by two robbers.

After seeing the uniform in his hands, the criminals realized he was a police officer, and one of them fired two bullets at him. Luckily, one bullet missed the intended target, while the second hit the buttocks of the man, but he was not hurt because the bullet was stopped by the cellphone in his pocket.

The smartphone was obviously destroyed, but it literally saved its owner's bottom, who escaped unharmed form the incident.

Local newspaper Globo informs that the two suspects got away with money, cell phones, watches and jewelry, and authorities are still looking for them. Apparently, the Civil Police only has information about one of the suspects at the moment.

This is not the first time a cellphone saves a man's life, as, in October last year, a Florida gas station clerk also survived a robbery and shooting when the smartphone in his pocket stopped a bullet.