Man who beheaded hospital worker in Brazil has been detained
Suspect committed crime due to passion. He was on the run for several hours, this Tuesday.
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The 41-year-old man suspected of shooting and decapitating a hospital employee in Fortaleza, Brazil, this Tuesday, has been detained by the authorities after a few hours on the run.
The arrest was confirmed by the governor of Ceará, Elmano de Freitas, on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
"Our police have just arrested the perpetrator of the crime that occurred this morning on the premises of the IJF [Hospital Instituto Doutor José Frota], in Fortaleza. He was located by our security teams in the Patacas district, in Aquiraz, and will now face justice for the barbaric crime he committed," he wrote.
It is worth noting that the suspect had previously worked at the health unit where he committed the crime and was able to enter through facial recognition, despite having been fired over a year ago.
Nossa polícia acaba de prender o autor do crime ocorrido hoje pela manhã nas dependências do IJF, em Fortaleza. Ele foi localizado pelas nossas equipes de segurança no distrito de Patacas, em Aquiraz, e agora responderá na Justiça pelo bárbaro crime que cometeu.
— Elmano de Freitas (@elmanooficial) April 23, 2024
The Secretary of Public Security of Ceará, Samuel Elânio, also said that the man killed the employee because he was jealous of his wife.
The suspect entered the hospital with a backpack, in which he had the firearm used to kill the victim. He then shot her four times and decapitated her.
"The perpetrator was jealous of his partner, who works at the hospital. He also worked at the hospital until 2022," explained Samuel Elânio. "One of the employees, who was the victim, was allegedly making advances on the perpetrator's partner, which is why he had already announced several times that he was going to commit an act of this kind," he added.
In addition to the deceased employee, another person was shot. The hospital also revealed that two other service providers from the food sector were victims of aggression in the hospital's cargo area.
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