Four victims were admitted to the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital after jumping out of the moving vehicle
On the morning of Thursday (3) two robbers broke into the bus of line 232, which makes the journey between Lins and Castelo, no. They assaulted one of the passengers who tried to resist the approach. Four people jumped from the moving vehicle, falling into the Marine Viaduct. The victims were sent to the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital.
According to passengers, the men entered the bus around 6:15 am, at the time of São Cristóvão, and announced the robbery at Praça da Bandeira. One of the thieves was armed, while the other was in charge of collecting the passengers’ belongings. The under threat driver tried to alert the police, but the suspects managed to escape before help arrived at the scene.
In a statement, he expressed his concern about the growing incidence of robberies and appealed to the authorities to take measures. “The insecurity to which the population is subjected cannot be mere statistical. We reiterate the need for effective measures to be taken by the authorities in order to guarantee the right to come and go from the citizen,” says the Bus Bus Union in the city of RJ.
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Posted by Nátaly Tenório
