Bolsonaro supporter desecrates Brazil beach memorial for 40,000 coronavirus victims
A man vandalized a mock cemetery of 100 graves and crosses representing people who have died from Covid-19
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Thu 11 Jun 2020 14.11 EDT
A supporter of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has desecrated a beachside memorial to Covid-19 victims as the country’s coronavirus death toll rose above 40,000.
Activists from civil society group Rio de Paz dug 100 symbolic shallow graves on Copacabana beach before dawn on Thursday to represent the Brazilian lives lost.
At least 40,276 people have now died, according to a coalition of news outlets which has been compiling an independent tally since Brazil’s health ministry was accused of seeking to conceal the full figures last week.
But the NGO’s founder, Antônio Carlos Costa, said Bolsonaristas began haranging activists as they stood beside the mock cemetery.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/11/bolsonaro-supporter-destroys-brazil-beach-memorial-40000-coronavirus-victims
Bolsonarista applies himself to destroying the memorial to victims of Covid-19.