Overview

• During a July 26 barbecue at a Natal condominium, Igor Eduardo Pereira Cabral pursued his partner into an elevator and delivered more than 60 blows after a jealousy dispute.
• Security cameras recorded the assault and residents intervened to detain him until the Brazilian Military Police arrived.
• Officials have formally charged Cabral with attempted femicide and placed him in preventive detention pending judicial proceedings.
• The 35-year-old victim remains hospitalized with severe facial fractures and has required intensive medical care.
• Cabral’s defense team recently claimed he suffered an 'attack of claustrophobia' during the incident as an explanation for his actions.