The second Italian to be
killed in Brazil in less than a month was stabbed during a
robbery of the villa he had rented with his wife in Beberibe,
sources said Monday.
Alberto Baroli, 51, from Milan but residing in Paris, was
stabbed to death by a group of criminals who entered the seaside
vacation home in the northeastern state of Cearà.
Baroli's wife was locked in the bathroom by the criminals
while he tried to stop the robbers and was stabbed with a large
kitchen knife found at the scene of the crime, according to
police.
The robbers escaped with the victim's iPhone, a notebook and
about 5,000 euros in cash.
Police say that the group had committed another home robbery
not far from that of the Italian tourist couple. Local police
have arrested a woman - Damiana Paiva da Silva, 27 - on homicide
charges an say that they have arrested and are looking for her
accomplices: three men and a 16-year-old boy.
The Italian embassy in Brasilia and the consulate in Recife
are following the case. They are in close contact with family
members and are providing the necessary assistance to them,
foreign ministry sources say.
On November 17, Ragusa native Pamela Canzonieri, 39, was
strangled in her apartment in the Morro di San Paolo tourist
resort in the state of Bahia.
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