Brazil Records Deadly Weekend of Crashes and Shootings as Police Launch Probes

Overview

• Authorities confirmed multiple deaths and numerous injuries from separate road collisions and violent crimes between Saturday night and Monday, with Samu and fire brigades leading rescues.
• After an explosion in Olinda that killed two people and injured about ten, forensic teams are testing gas cylinders and expect a formal report in roughly 30 days, with four nearby homes interdicted.
• Security video captured a street robbery in São Paulo’s 25 de Março area in which a man was shot in the head, as an off‑duty military police officer intervened and shot a suspect; both wounded men were hospitalized and the case is under Civil Police review.
• Two young men were shot dead and another was injured outside a beverage distributor in Araguari, with suspects fleeing after the attack captured on CCTV, as the city tracks a 150% rise in homicides this year versus 2024.
• Road incidents included a fatal rollover in Mogi Mirim, a head‑on crash on the BR‑251 that gravely injured a family, and a Parauapebas collision that killed an app driver, with police reporting signs of intoxication and high speed by the other motorist.