Overview

• Five suspects were captured hours after the Juazeiro do Norte attack that killed a mother, her 10-year-old daughter and a 15-year-old, and left a 17-year-old wounded.
• São Paulo authorities arrested Rafael Marcell Dias Simões, known as Jaguar, as the third suspect in the killing of ex-delegado-geral Ruy Ferraz Fontes, with at least three others still wanted.
• An off-duty military police sergeant, Celso Gomes de Abreu, was shot dead after resisting a robbery in Bento Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, and the Homicide Division is investigating.
• Off-duty officers stopped attempted robberies in Campinas and João Pessoa, resulting in two suspects killed, one wounded and one arrested, and the seizure of a firearm.
• The Bahia labor prosecutor’s office opened an inquiry into the mine death of Fábio Ribeiro de Jesus in Jacobina to examine safety procedures and employer responsibility.