Brazil party official shot dead as pre-election political violence escalates
July 11, 2022
6:51 AM CDT
Last Updated 11 hours ago
Reuters
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Marcelo Arruda, supporter of Brazilian former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,
killed by an alleged supporter of Brazilian President Bolsonaro at his birthday party
in Foz do Iguacu, poses in this picture taken on September 9, 2020, Brazil .
July 10, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Rizzi
SAO PAULO, July 10 (Reuters) - A local official from Brazil's leftist opposition Workers' Party (PT) was shot dead on Saturday by a federal prison guard shouting support for right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, according to state law enforcement and a witness.
Marcelo Arruda, a municipal guard and PT official, was celebrating his birthday party in the southern Brazilian city of Foz de Iguacu, in the state of Parana, when Jorge Jose da Rocha Guaranho entered the event and shot him dead.
According to a statement from Parana's public security office, Arruda and Guaranho "had a disagreement" at the birthday party, which resulted in both men being shot. Arruda died, while Guaranho was in intensive care, the statement said.
Previously, the Workers' Party had said in a statement that Guaranho also died.
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