The Civil Police of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (PCRS) arrested a 42-year-old man in the act, after trying to drown his wife and punching his daughter who was 34 weeks pregnant in Taquara, in the Metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, last Wednesday (10).
According to PCRS investigations, the crime occurred at the family’s residence at night, when he threw his wife into a pond, causing her to drown.
In addition, the man, who was 37 weeks pregnant, also went into labor during the episode.
The woman was rescued by family members, who managed to revive her. When she was already conscious, she claimed to remember after pushing her.
Mother and daughter remain hospitalized and, according to agents, without apparent risk. The daughter was transferred to a hospital with specialist doctors for delivery.
A CNN Brazil contacted the hospitals, but has not received a response so far.
After being apprehended, he was taken to the 02nd DPRI of Taquara (Interior Regional Police Station), where he was arrested for .
The rise in femicides in Brazil
399 were registered in the country between January and March 2026, according to data from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
The number is equivalent to, on average, four women killed per day during the period studied, the equivalent of one victim every five hours.
The amount makes the first quarter of 2026 the deadliest in the history of Brazil since records began by Sinesp (National Public Security Information System) in 2015.
with the highest number of cases this year, with 142 victims. In February, there were 123 records, and in March, 134. Compared to the same period in 2025, when 371 femicides were recorded, there was an increase of around 7.5%.
Among the states, São Paulo leads with 86 cases. Next come Minas Gerais (42), Paraná (33), Bahia (25), Rio Grande do Sul (24), Pernambuco (22) and Rio de Janeiro (20).
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