Three robbers ordered the driver to head towards the Complexo da Maré
Summary
The bus was hijacked by three criminals in the north of Rio de Janeiro. The passengers were robbed and attacked.
A bus was hijacked by three criminals on the morning of this Thursday the 3rd, in the north of Rio de Janeiro. The passengers were robbed and attacked. One of the bandits allegedly held a gun pointed at the driver, asking him to drive the vehicle towards the Complexo da Maré.
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The bus left Maricá, in the Lagos region, at dawn. He was passing along Avenida Brasil, in São Cristóvão, when three men signalled. Once on the bus, the three announced the robbery and asked passengers to close the curtains, the Good morning Riofrom TVGlobo.
In the accident a passenger was hit with the butt of a gun. The thieves even ripped the ring off a passenger’s finger.
“They beat the passengers. Today it was 5.50 am. For God’s sake. It is a terror, a very big psychological attack that we have suffered. We leave every day at 4 in the morning to go to work. Someone must act in Rio de Janeiro .We chose to live in Maricá to be safe, but we have to work in Rio”, said the victim Good morning Rio.
“One took the driver hostage, the other two went through the turnstile and started threatening people. They also shot one of the passengers and went to the end of the bus and asked him if he was a police officer. police, because if he had been they would have killed him.” “They also shouted and asked if (the passengers) wanted to lose their lives on the phone,” said another passenger, who was also robbed. He said several mobile phones were seized.
After the criminals escaped, the driver and passengers went to the 17th DP (São Cristóvão), where the case was registered. Al EarthCivil police said that victims and witnesses were being interviewed and that steps would be taken to determine who was responsible for the crime.
The Press Office of the State Secretariat of the Military Police reported that the command of the 4th Battalion of São Cristóvão collaborates with the police station in the area in seeking information on the perpetrators of the crime. The Military Police said they were in dialogue with bus concessionaires to adopt the best strategy to counter robbery attempts in the region.
Source: Terra

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