A mugger in Brazil grabbed a woman's phone at a bus stop, turned it over to check its value, saw a man in military uniform staring back at him, and immediately handed it back and ran.
Natali Vitoria Ramos Reis, 21, was waiting at a bus stop in Curitiba after a night class when a man approached and snatched her phone.
He turned the device around, saw the photo on the back of the case, and returned it before fleeing immediately.
The photo was a photocard of Jin, the BTS member who had been serving mandatory military service in South Korea since December 2022. He was photographed in full uniform.
"When he managed to grab the cell phone from my hand, he turned the device around and looked at the picture," Natali told RIC TV.
"He must have thought my boyfriend was in the military because he didn't steal it."
At the time of the incident, Jin had already been recognised as an elite soldier and received an early promotion to corporal for excellence in training.
He was thousands of miles away in a South Korean barracks, completely unaware he had just foiled a robbery.
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