Gabriel Monteiro’s sister says she suffered a robbery attempt in Rio

Gabriel Monteiro’s sister says she suffered a robbery attempt in Rio


“The attack I suffered today only presents us with the critical situation that the good citizens of Rio de Janeiro suffer every day,” Giselle Monteiro (PL-RJ) said in a video on social media.




The state representative Gisella Monteiro (PL) said on Saturday (23) on social media that he was the victim of an attempted robbery while crossing Avenida Brasil, near Vila do João, in the north of Rio de Janeiro. The parliamentarian is the sister of former councilor and former military police officer Gabriel Monteiro, in prison and whose mandate was revoked last year accused of rape and moral and sexual harassment.

Giselle stated that “criminals shot at his car on approach“.”Heavily armed men threw the car [deles] in front, forcing the vehicle to stop, they surrounded us, standing in the middle of the road, striking with their weapons to break the windows, in the middle of Avenida Brasil, free traffic, near Vila do João, entrance to Linha Amarela. The machine gun hits the bodywork and windows and, from the broken glass, it looks like gunshots“, he wrote on Instagram.

All very fast, only God can save us from this situation“, added the MP.

The deputy published images of the glass of the car that appears to be the target of a gunshot. He also said that he had registered a police report and that the vehicle was subjected to a forensic examination. Nonethelessthe Civil Police did not confirm the registration of the accident and in which police station the investigation will be carried out.

The Military Police informed g1 that, this Saturday, “officers of the military police of the 22nd BPM (Maré), were called to an attempted robbery in Avenida Brasil, but failing to complete the robbery, the suspects fled by car along Linha Amarela and Linha Vermelha, towards Baixada FluminenseNo one has been arrested so far.

Giselle was the 10th most voted MP in Rio, elected with nearly 100,000 votes in last year’s election, two months after her brother’s impeachment.

*under the supervision of Camila Godoi

Source: Terra

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