RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ (FOLHAPRESS) - The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro are investigating the death of a man beaten on a street in Copacabana, south of the city. According to reports from his family and residents of the region, he was attacked after being accused of stealing a bicycle.
Police investigate death of man beaten in Copacabana, RJ
RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ (FOLHAPRESS) - The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro are investigating the death of a man beaten on a street in Copacabana, south of the city. According to reports from his family and residents of the region, he was...
Cláudio Rafael Landeiro, 37, was allegedly attacked by app delivery people who were circulating in the region, after being approached by a security guard who monitors bars and restaurants in the neighborhood, on the 12th. According to the victim's family, the accusation is unfair, as the bicycle belonged to Landeiro's sister.
- The case was reported on video by Fabiana Motta Landeiro Hansen, sister of Cláudio Rafael.
- She says that residents of the region reported that the security guard appointed as responsible for approaching the young man circulates at night through establishments between Belford Roxo...
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Cláudio Rafael Landeiro, 37, was allegedly attacked by app delivery people who were circulating in the region, after being approached by a security guard who monitors bars and restaurants in the neighborhood, on the 12th.
According to the victim's family, the accusation is unfair, as the bicycle belonged to Landeiro's sister.
The case was reported on video by Fabiana Motta Landeiro Hansen, sister of Cláudio Rafael.
She says that residents of the region reported that the security guard appointed as responsible for approaching the young man circulates at night through establishments between Belford Roxo and Duvivier streets.
Cláudio Rafael would have been questioned by security at 10pm. According to his sister, when asked if the bicycle was his, the young man denied it, and from then on he was accused of theft.
The security guard then immobilized the victim. Still in the sister's report, app delivery men were called and took Cláudio Rafael to Rua Felipe de Oliveira, the most isolated area of ??the neighborhood, where he was beaten. He was taken to the municipal hospital Miguel Couto, in Gávea, but he did not resist.
Cláudio Rafael's family went to the police station to report the death. The Civil Police said that the investigation is ongoing in the 12th DP (Copacabana) and that "agents are carrying out investigations", without detailing what they are. It also did not confirm the name of the guard, nor whether he has already given a statement.
On social media, residents of Copacabana pointed out that the supposed vigilante had already committed attacks on other people, many of whom were homeless.
Also on the networks, people presenting themselves as colleagues of Cláudio Rafael, known in the neighborhood as Bart, called the case "cruelty".
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