Knife Attack Suspect Held in Balneário Camboriú as City Probes Vendors’ Beating of Tourist

Overview

• The man accused of stabbing three people on Central Beach was first arrested in flagrante and later placed in preventive detention.
• Two victims are São Paulo residents identified as Kauan Pedicino, 21, and businessman Júnior Burim, and a third victim is a kiosk worker; all suffered light injuries and were treated at UPA Barra and Hospital Ruth Cardoso.
• Witnesses reported the assailant provoked a family and threw sand before using a knife, then fled along Avenida Atlântica until bystanders helped the municipal guard detain him.
• Separately, video shows beach vendors striking a shirtless Argentine tourist; the kiosk’s defense says the man was drunk, aggressive, and that the proprietor’s husband acted in self‑defense.
• The municipality notified the identified stand and opened an administrative investigation with a 48‑hour deadline to respond, while the Military Police said officers arrived after the vendor fight and did not witness assaults.