Indians For Guns

American yoga instructor, 61, shoots dead two of four burglars after they broke into her home in Chile

• Hari Nam Kaur Khalsa, 61, who was born in Texas, was in her Batuco, Chile, home when four men entered and attempted to rob her at gunpoint
• Khalsa was hit in the head with the weapon and the men tried to tie her up
• She was able to break free and shoot two of the four men dead in her home
• The two other burglars were able to flee the home after hearing gunshots
• Police say Khalsa acted in 'legitimate self-defense' and won't be charged
• Khalsa practices Kundalini Yoga and has studied martial arts and sociology

By Associated Press
PUBLISHED: 22:32 BST, 25 November 2016 | UPDATED: 20:03 BST, 26 November 2016

A yoga teacher from Texas shot and killed two home invaders as they allegedly attempted to rob her in her residence just north of Santiago, Chile, police said on Friday.

Hari Nam Kaur Khalsa, 61, was in her bedroom in her Batuco home on Thursday when four men entered the room and hit her in the head with a firearm.

The men tried to tie her up but Khalsa was able to free herself and grabbed her registered Taurus model revolver beneath her pillow.

She shot two of the men and the two others escaped.

None of the men's identities have been released.

The men tried to tie her up in her Batuco home on Thursday but Khalsa was able to free herself and grabbed her registered gun beneath her pillow

One man died after being shot five times, Emol.com reported. The other died of his injuries in the front yard, according to Dallas News.

Hearing the gunshots upstairs caused the two men downstairs to flee the premises.

'This is not a grandma as you can imagine,' Jose Nunez, who manages the condominium where she lives told local press.

'So don't be imagining a little grandma who killed two crooks with her cane.'

Prosecutor Osvaldo Soto said Friday the instructor is free because she acted in legitimate self-defense

But he said that authorities have requested a security escort because 'we fear that she might suffer some sort of reprisal'.

A profile on the yoga academy website says the instructor was born in Texas where she studied martial arts and sociology and has been living in Chile since 1979.

She told local Radio Cooperativa that she prefers not to talk about the incident now.

The burglary happened at Khalsa's home in Batuco, which is about 20 miles north of the capital city of Santiago