Overview

• Armed robbers broke into Bruna Biancardi's home, the partner of Brazilian footballer Neymar, in Cotia, Sao Paulo, and took her parents hostage.
• The assailants demanded to know Biancardi and her infant daughter's whereabouts but they were not home during the incident.
• Biancardi's parents were bound and gagged by the robbers who stole luxury items such as purses, watches, and jewelry.
• Security footage showed the escape car used in the robbery was owned by a neighbor, whose son, a 20-year-old man, was quickly found and confessed to the crime.
• The police have launched an operation to find the remaining members of the gang, while Neymar and Biancardi both expressed relief that no one was physically harmed in their social media postings.