Pure moments for two young italians what were in Brazil participate in a cultural exchange. The two boys went shot down after being entered a favela in Rio de Janeiro By mistake. The two boys, 21-year-old Riccardo Cefis and 23-year-old Nicolò Desiato, were shot several times while in a car with other people and were injured.
Both were rescued and transported to the Evando Freire municipal hospital, in Rio de Janeiro, where they were treated, but fortunately neither of them is at risk of death. The relatives of the two, who live in Rome, were informed.
According to what has been reconstructed so far by the Brazilian police dealing with the case, the two twenty-year-olds would have accidentally ended up on a street in the Manguinhos community, in the northern part of the Carioca metropolis, where someone, upon seeing the vehicle, immediately opened fire on them.
According to an initial reconstruction, the two were part of a small group of five young Italians returning to São Paulo after a party in the south of Rio. They had rented a car but along the way they looked for a fast food restaurant before hitting the road. They trusted the browser who took them to a dishonorable area, in the Manguinhos favela, where they were shot at. The group managed to escape and went to the hospital.
One of the injured Italians, identified as Riccardo Cefis, was shot in the ribs and another, identified as Nicolò Desiato, was wounded in the left arm. The Italian diplomatic authorities in Brazil are assisting the two compatriots.
“The Consulate General of Italy in Rio de Janeiro informs that five Italian citizens victims of a robbery at gunpoint last night in Rio de Janeiro are out of the woods. Two of them, slightly injured, have already received the necessary medical treatment at a local hospital. As reported by the victims to the local police, the attack took place near one of the entrances to the community of Manguinhos, north of the state capital, where the five tourists would have entered by mistake. deceived by the GPS indications of your car”, explained in a note the Consulate General of Rio de Janeiro, adding that “A representative of the Consulate General went immediately to the hospital where the two wounded are being treated” and that “The Consulate General is constantly in contact with family members and local authorities to provide appropriate assistance to compatriots”.
Source: Fan Page IT
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