Overview
- The victim, Juliana Mattos de Lima Santiago, 41, taught Criminal Law at Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho and held an administrative post with the state Civil Police.
- During a class on February 7, a student identified as João Júnior, 24, produced a knife and stabbed her multiple times as classmates looked on.
- Fellow students subdued the attacker before Polícia Militar arrived and detained him in flagrante, transferring him to police custody for judicial processing.
- Juliana Mattos was taken to Hospital João Paulo II and died hours later from her injuries, according to local reports.
- Polícia Civil de Rondônia is leading the investigation with all lines of inquiry open, and the university declared three days of mourning with activities suspended.