Quick-thinking mother sets pit bull on thieves attacking family

The melodramatic infinitesimal a quick-thinking parent from Brazil unleashed her pit bull connected thieves attacking her family was captured connected surveillance footage.

A household had conscionable returned to their Penha District location successful the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo from a buying travel astatine astir 8.30pm past week erstwhile their evening rapidly took a terrifying turn.

As the parent approached the beforehand gross of her home, she turned astir and was met with the show of 2 thieves manhandling her hubby extracurricular of his taxi crossed the thoroughfare - each portion their kid was inactive strapped successful the backmost seat.

The shocking video footage captured her bolting into the location arsenic a 3rd thief jumped into the driver's spot of their car - demanding the keys from the cabbie who refused to manus them over.

But conscionable arsenic the hubby was being much aggressively grabbed by 1 of the late-night criminals, the mother appeared with her pit bull astatine her side - letting her stocky favored escaped erstwhile she was adjacent enough.

One thief ran to the other broadside of the car portion his accomplice instantly sprung retired of the driver's spot earlier they some fled down the road.

The loyal canine was captured chasing 1 of the thieves that took disconnected successful the other absorption of his crime-crew portion the household attended to their crying kid inactive strapped wrong the car.

The thieves were lone capable to snag a container with documents on with 2 mobile phones, but the incidental highlighted a bigger contented of expanding burglaries and wide crime successful the territory - leaving locals fearful for their ain security.