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STORY: Italian Carabinieri released closed circuit CCTV footage on Tuesday showing just how far some people will go to protect their property.

Filmed late on Monday evening in a small take-away pizza shop in Ruvo di Puglia, southern Italy, the footage shows two men enter the pizzeria and one man pull out a pistol and aim it at the owner. The gun then jams as it is fired repeatedly. The owner stubbornly pulls the cash till away from the accomplice of the armed robber, who continues to try and open the till and remove the night's takings.

Despite the pistol still being drawn, other pizzeria employees come to the rescue smashing plates over the heads of the robbers.

The two thieves were arrested shortly after the robbery attempt.