Brazilian police said Tuesday
they are seeking a gang of five people who stabbed to death an
Italian during a robbery of the villa he had rented with his
wife in the town of Beberibe.
Alberto Baroli, 51, from Milan but residing in Paris, was
murdered by the gang who entered the seaside vacation home in
the northeastern state of Ceara', police said.
They said that one of the five robbers, Gilmar Paiva de
Moraes, 23, delivered the mortal wounds with a large kitchen
knife.
De Moraes is a defendant in two robbery trials and wears and
electronic bracelet, police told a press conference.
Baroli's wife was locked in the bathroom by the criminals
while he tried to stop the robbers, 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 and 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.
Baroli is the second Italian in a matter of weeks to meet a
violent death in Brazil.
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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