Possenti

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Turning his two handguns on the approaching soldiers, Possenti commanded them to drop their weapons.

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Possenti, with his seminary rector's permission, walked into the center of town, unarmed, to face the terrorists.

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Possenti grabbed the soldier's revolver from his belt and ordered the marauder to release the woman.

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At that moment a small lizard ran across the road between Possenti and the soldiers.

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Possenti marched the whole lot out of town, ordering them never to return.

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When the lizard briefly paused, Possenti took careful aim and struck the lizard with one shot.

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The startled soldier complied, as Possenti grabbed the revolver of another soldier who came by.

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The grateful townspeople escorted Possenti in triumphant procession back to the seminary, thereafter referring to him as 'The saviour of Isola .

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One of the soldiers was dragging off a young woman he intended to rape when he saw Possenti and made a snickering remark about such a young monk being all alone.

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Too bad Possenti shot the lizard instead of the rapist.

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