A 5-year-old lady has been buried in Rio de Janeiro, two days after she was fatally shot as shantytown residents protested in opposition to alleged police violence
ByDIARLEI RODRIGUES Related Press
Ana Claudia da Silva, heart, the mom of five-year-old Eloah Passos, mourns throughout her burial at Cacuia Cemetery two days after she was killed by a stray bullet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Passos died on Saturday, Aug. 12, whereas at house within the Dende favela. (AP Photograph/Bruna Prado)
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RIO DE JANEIRO — A 5-year-old lady was buried in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, two days after she was fatally shot as shantytown residents protested in opposition to alleged police violence.
Eloáh Passos died when she was hit by a gunshot at her house within the Morro do Dende, one in every of Rio’s most violent areas. Passos’ neighbors allege the shot that killed her got here from one of many policemen who tried to dam a neighborhood protest in opposition to the dying of a 17-year-old boy earlier within the day.
Rio police stated in a press release they’d examine the lady’s dying.
The kid’s father, Gilgrês dos Santos da Silva, 31, carried her small casket to her grave in a northern Rio cemetery as native residents applauded, cried for justice and launched fireworks in respect to the lady’s dying.
“I do not know who did it. I simply know that my daughter’s life was taken,” da Silva instructed journalists after the burial.
Wendell Eduardo de Almeida, 17, was killed Saturday after he allegedly refused to cease his motorcycle at a police checkpoint in the identical shantytown. Rio police stated he was taken down throughout an change of gunfire. {The teenager} was buried Sunday.
Antônio Carlos Costa, a founding father of the Rio de Paz human rights non-profit group, attended the burial exhibiting a Brazilian flag with holes as if it had been showered with gunshots. He stated 14 youngsters have been killed by stray bullets in Rio state between January of final 12 months and August of this 12 months.
“Most of them had their lives ended as police and criminals exchanged gunfire,” Costa stated. He added that he needs to satisfy with Rio Gov. Claudio Castro to debate the state’s policing methods.
