Indian man saves shopkeeper from sword attack

A video of an Indian man seen fighting a sword-wielding attacker to save the life of a shopkeeper has gone viral on social media.

On Tuesday night, when a sword wielding intruder attacked Rajnish Thakur, a shopkeeper in Mumbai's Chembur district, the incident was captured on CCTV.

The footage shows the attacker charging at Mr Thakur, holding the sword in both hands.

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