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Man shot dead by own gun after powerful MRI scanner magnet rips weapon from belt

A pro-gun lawyer has been fatally shot by his own concealed weapon after going too near an MRI scanner despite warnings.

Leandro Mathias de Novaes, 40, had taken his mum for a scan at Laboratorio Cura in São Paulo, Brazil, on January 16.

Hospital workers warned the pair to remove all metal objects before going into the scanning room but the victim kept his handgun on him.

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