Seven people killed in billiards; under 12 years of age among the victims

The authorities confirmed that one of the perpetrators of the crime died

The authorities confirmed the death of one of the perpetrators during the search operations.

Two men murdered seven people after losing a pool game in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso and the authorities confirmed the death of one of them during search operations, according to the Civil Police.

The event occurred on Tuesday night in a bar in the municipality of Sinop, located in the north of Mato Grosso (west), 480 kilometers from the regional capital Cuiabá and close to the Amazonian state of Pará.

According to the accounts of witnesses to the authorities, the two men lost a billiards game in which money was bet and after being mocked by the victors, they left the place and then returned shooting indiscriminately against all the people.

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As confirmed by the authorities, a minor under the age of 12 is among the victims. The perpetrators of the crime were identified by the establishment’s security cameras.

On the afternoon of this Wednesday, during a shootout with the Police in a rural area near the Sinop airport, Ezequias de Souza Ribeiro, 27, was killed.

The defendant was wounded and transferred to a hospital in Sinop, where he died, according to an official report from the Mato Grosso Public Security Secretariat.

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The other perpetrator of the massacre, Edgar Ricardo de Oliveira, who has an arrest warrant issued by the Justice, remains a fugitive. The Civil Police told EFE that this Wednesday the van of the perpetrators of the massacre and one of the weapons used was found abandoned.

EFE