A Croatian man survived a murder bid after the bullet ricocheted off his wife's cheek and was caught in his false teeth. The incident, in the capital Zagreb, left Mirna Cavlovic and her husband Stipe, 37, badly shaken but uninjured.
The couple got caught up in a row between two men over a debt, one of whom pulled a gun and shot at them at point blank range. "He was so close you'd think that one or both of them would be dead instantly," said a police source.
The bullet grazed the cheekbone of Mr Cavlovic's terrified wife and slammed into his mouth. But instead of killing him, the shot got caught in his dentures and fell harmlessly to the ground.
"I thought I was dead for sure," he told police. "I didn't even see the bullet hit my wife. I just saw the flash of the gun's barrel. The next thing I knew was something hit my false tooth and I spat out the hot lead. It hurt like hell but we're both still alive."
Police ballistics experts believe Mr Cavlovic survived the bullet because it had lost so much speed when it first skimmed his wife's cheek.
The would-be hitman fled the scene but was arrested soon afterward. Zagreb police confirmed a 58-year-old man is in custody on firearms charges.
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