Brazil Grapples With Spate of Killings as Police Report Arrests and Pursue Fugitives

Overview

• In Sobral (CE), one suspect remains jailed and a second is at large in last month’s school shooting, with the inquiry pointing to a premeditated execution tied to rival factions.
• In Tesouro (MT), two men were arrested over the stabbing of João Victor Nascimento Alves Moreira; one alleged a “wealth pact” ritual and the other said a disputed kiss sparked the attack, and police seized clothing, the knife and the victim’s phone.
• In Ilhéus (BA), municipal chamber aide Alessandro Matheus Souza de Oliveira was arrested in flagrante on suspicion of fatally stabbing his ex‑partner, Bárbara Reis Santos Lima, near her home.
• In Crato (CE), police say Arnaldo de Sousa Nascimento killed Maria Liliana Gonçalves Oliveira and then attempted suicide; he is hospitalized under guard and two knives were seized.
• Elsewhere, the ex‑husband suspected of killing his former wife and wounding her boyfriend in Marcelândia (MT) was captured and led officers to the suspected weapon, while other actions included an Uberlândia (MG) indictment for latrocínio and arrests or investigations in Bady Bassitt (SP), Buritizeiro (MG) and Boa Vista (RR).