Lula personally condemned the fact that a family “lost a father and a husband because of the hate speech encouraged by an irresponsible president.”
The Workers’ Party (PT) of the favorite in Brazil’s October presidential elections, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, denounced yesterday the murder of its member by a supporter – who was also killed in a shootout – of the far-right president Jáich Bolsonaro in Foz do Iguaçu ( southerly).
Lula personally condemned the fact that a family “lost a father and a husband because of the hate speech encouraged by an irresponsible president.”
Marcelo Ajuda, a municipal policeman and member of the PT, was celebrating his 50th birthday at a party event when a federal police officer, a supporter of President Bolsonaro, burst in with a gun.
“Around 11:30 p.m. an uninvited and unknown man got behind the wheel of a car, along with a woman and a baby, started brandishing his gun at them and threatening to come back and kill them all,” he said. eyewitness Aloisio Palmar to AFP.
A short time later, when the man, later identified as Jorge Guaraniou, returned, Marcelo Ajuda took a pistol he had in his car and fired at the attacker, who in turn shot him. Both died in the exchange of fire.
According to the PT, Marcelo Ajuda made a “heroic gesture” as a result of which “many lives were saved”.
Brazilian police, for their part, said the two men shot and killed each other after an “argument,” according to Folha de S. Paulo newspaper.
“Those who have been fanaticized by the plan of death and destruction (of the head of state) may turn into perpetrators of attacks or murderers,” the PT warned, sounding the alarm about “increasing political violence in the country.” three months before the presidential election.
Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro made access to guns much easier in Brazil after he took office. On Saturday, hundreds demonstrated in Brasilia in favor of gun rights.
According to a recent poll by the Datafolha institute, Lula is credited with 47% of voting intentions, compared to 28% for Mr Bolsonaro.
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