Brazil: Bolsonaro defended the armed forces who shouted "by mistake" a musician with 80 strokes

After wanting to celebrate in the barracks the anniversary of the military coup in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro came to defend soldiers who ransacked 80 shots of a musician after "confusing" his car with that of a criminal. Military justice is in charge of the investigation. There are nine inmates in uniform.

Always ready to show his military pride, the President has tried to explain that in this case, you can not talk about "murder". "The army did not kill anyone, it belongs to the people, we can not accuse people of murder," he said.

After this first comment, the excapitan and head of the right added: "There was an incident, a death, we regret the death of an honest and hardworking citizen."

While baderting that the military can not be charged with murder, Bolsonaro said that "the case is under investigation". (…) The army investigates with rigor, does not put garbage under the carpet ".

The murder

An army patrol killed Evaldo Rosa dos Santos, 46, after firing 80 times on the car in which she was traveling with her family. Two others were injured.

The argument of the nine military detainees is that they confused the car of a family with a group of criminals.

The military justice is responsible for the investigation under a decree signed by former President Michel Temer during the military intervention in Rio de Janeiro, under which the armed forces must not not be subject to civil justice for alleged abuses or violations of the law. human rights.

The Supreme Military Court on Friday denied the release of nine people arrested during the attack in the Guadalupe district of Rio de Janeiro. Among the people involved, there is a lieutenant, a sergeant and seven soldiers

Source: TN

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