Authorities
in Brazil have arrested a knife-wielding man after a transgender woman was
stabbed to death and thrown from the seventh floor of a building in the city of
Sao Paulo.
The woman identified
as Chiara Duarte, 27, was found dead on Avenida Rangel Pestana on Wednesday
morning, August 2. When police arrived at the scene, they found a street vendor
with two knives still in her apartment and arrested him.
Authorities
said the victim and suspect Jeferson Pereira, 18, were in her apartment before
she was stabbed and thrown from the seventh floor of the building.
Pereira
reportedly told police that he hit her after she tried to attack him with the
knives, damaging his finger. He also claimed that she fell over the balcony
while he was defending himself.
According to
the report, the case has been registered in the 8th Police District and local
prosecutors confirmed that the teenager will face manslaughter charges.
Chiara’s
brother, Luan Duarte said that his sister was a victim of a hate crime.
He told local
media: “It was prejudice, it was a hate crime, pure transphobia. My sister just
wanted to be happy.
“She lived in
a trans reception centre in downtown Sao Paulo, where she was also a volunteer.”
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