A British man has been killed after trying to negotiate with a gunman during a violent robbery at a bar in Brazil.
The victim - named locally as 39-year-old Jason Richard Stevens - died on the way to hospital after being shot several times as he played a snooker-style game in Sao Paulo.
Local police said two men burst into the bar in the upmarket neighbourhood of Interlagos in the south of the city around 11pm on Wednesday.
The gunman is said to have stood by the doorway and acted as a lookout while his accomplice went round the bar collecting up customers' personal belongings.
Mr Stevens - who worked as a translator - was shot as he tried to talk to the gunman.
One report suggested he was tried to calm the robber who became agitated because customers were refusing to hand over their belongings.
Mr Stevens, from Scotland, was shot several times in the stomach, leg and arms.
Witnesses have told police the two gunmen fled in a black Ford Fiesta driven by a getaway driver.
Murder squad detectives are probing the killing and were still hunting the killers last night.
Bar owner Fumihiro Yoshima said he believed the gunman may have panicked because he felt threatened by 6ft 2inch tall Jason, who also worked as a language consultant.
He said: "I think the robber shot him because he felt scared at how tall and strong he was."
The dead man was playing sinuca, a type of Brazilian snooker, when the gunmen struck.