A grim incident of alleged domestic violence saw a man cut a breat implant out of his wife during a brutal attack – he is also alleged to have punched her in the head and stomach
Police arrested a man alleged to have carried out a vicious attack on his wife, in which he cut her silicone implant out of her breast during a fight and threw it out of the window. The man was taken into custody and local reports in Brazil’s capital city Brasilia say he has since confessed.
The shocking incident is reported to have occurred in the early hours of yesterday morning in a residential property in Nucleo Bandeirante, a neighbourhood in the southern region of Brasilia. The alleged victim had just had the implant fitted and she was also punched in the head and stomach.
Officers located the implant outside the property during a search, and the woman was taken to hospital to have it refitted. Police also found and confiscated a kitchen knife used in the alleged assault.
The suspect has been remanded in custody on domestic violence charges. It is not clear what sparked the argument that led to the alleged assault.
The crime occurred the same night a man allegedly stabbed a neighbour in nearby Ceilandia, another administrative region in Brazil’s Federal District, over the disappearance of a pair of pants from his clothes line. A witness told police the pair had been drinking together before the stabbing.
The victim was rushed to hospital after being knifed in the face, head, chest and an arm. His condition this morning was unclear. The alleged attacker is the owner of the underwear said to have been taken.
In July last year, an annual report released by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety revealed shocking data on unprecedented levels of rape and other forms of gender based violence in the country. The forum’s executive director Samira Bueno said the rise in violence could be down to the after effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Since 2021, the figures for violence against women have been increasing at an accelerated rate, and they’re much higher than in the pre-pandemic period,” she said. “Brazil has always been a very violent country… but it seems that the pandemic changed something. The tensions that arose in the domestic environment potentially exacerbated all these forms of violence.”
The data shows cases of rape rose by 6.5 percent to a 83,988, the highest ever recorded. This is equivalent to one rape every six minutes. Murder also rose by 0.8 percent, sexual harassment by 48.7 percent and stalking by 34.6 percent.
For confidential support, call the 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Freephone Helpline on 0808 2000 247 or visit womensaid.co.uk. If you or your family have lost a friend or family member through fatal domestic abuse, AAFDA (Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse) can offer specialist and expert support and advocacy. For more info visit www.aafda.org.uk
