From January to September 2024, 77 women were victims of femicide, according to data from the Public Security Institute (ISP). In the same period last year, there were 81 victims. Femicide attempts increased from 222 to 289. During the first nine months of 2023, 448 attempts were recorded, while this year the number rose to 525.
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01/11/2024 – The Civil Police broke up a fake bank office on Friday (01/11) and arrested 17 people accused of applying financial scams in the Center. The gang acted mainly against the elderly, simulating loan operations. At the crime office, agents seized notebooks with notes and personal data of the victims.
01/11/2024 – Two women deceived and robbed an 81-year-old woman, on Friday (01/11), in Abolição, North Zone. The two were caught by security cameras entering the victim’s house. The pair pretended to be friends with the woman’s grandson to gain her trust and convince her to take them home.
02/11/2024 – Named the biggest car thief in Rio by the police, Luiz Felipe Medeiros Lage, known as Felipinho da NH, died on Saturday (02/11) during a dragnet on the Linha Vermelha, near the Caju favela. The shooting began after an off-duty police officer reacted to the aggression. Among the 180 criminal notes in which the bandit was involved are the deaths of two police officers.
03/11/2024 – A teacher was beaten, on Sunday night (03/11), by a driver during an argument on Avenida Ribeiro Dantas, in Bangu, West Zone. According to the police report, the victim would have asked the driver to remove the vehicle that was hindering her exit when she was surprised by offenses and aggressions.
04/11/2024 – The corpse of a 22-year-old woman was found by her family on the morning of Monday (04/11), on Travessa Santa Luzia, in the Viegas community, in Senador Camará, West Zone, with signs of violence. Her ex-boyfriend was arrested on suspicion of killing and hiding the young woman’s body inside the refrigerator.
05/11/2024 – A family had their belongings taken away on the morning of Tuesday (05/11), after suffering an accident and crashing their car into a pole on São Francisco Xavier Street, near Mangueira, North Zone. After the crash, the father and daughter were waiting for help when a homeless group looted the vehicle and took the victims’ belongings.
05/11/2024 – A 16-year-old teenager broke into a residence and held a family hostage, on Tuesday (05/11), on Maria Angélica Street, in Jardim Botânico, South Zone. The corporation reported that the teenager was apprehended when he tried to escape. The young man had already been detained on 15 other occasions and has 23 criminal records.
05/11/2024 – Armed criminals stole a van from Hemorio, on Tuesday afternoon (05/11), close to the Gasômetro Viaduct, near the Gentileza Terminal, Port Zone of Rio. The vehicle was full of medical equipment when it was taken by the bandits. According to the State Health Department (SES), the driver of the van was not injured and is doing well.
06/11/2024 – Agents of the Secretariat of Public Order (Seop) demolished, on the morning of Wednesday (06/11), three commercial roofs and a tire shop in an area considered illegal, on Zélio Valverde Street, in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, West Zone. According to the folder, the action took place after complaints that the place was serving as a point of sale of drugs by traffickers on the sidewalk.
06/11/2024 – A 41-year-old street vendor was stabbed by her ex-husband, in Jardim Carioca, on Ilha do Governador, North Zone, on the morning of Wednesday (06/11). After the attack, a group of people surrounded and assaulted the man, who was detained in the act by Security Present officers. According to friends of the victim, the ex-husband would not have accepted the end of the relationship.
06/11/2024 – Six members of a gang specialized in stealing vehicles were arrested in flagrante delicto on Wednesday (06/11), in a joint operation by the Civil and Military Police. The suspects were detained when they were preparing to rob a house in Laranjeiras, South Zone.
06/11/2024 – A woman was the victim of sexual harassment inside a subway car on Wednesday (06/11). Upon arriving at the Cidade Nova station, in the Center, the victim called security guards to inform them about the case. The man was detained by the Police.
06/11/2024 – A man died, and a child was shot, this Wednesday (06/11), during a shooting attack near the Professor Lauro Travassos Municipal School, in Bangu, in the West Zone. According to reports on social networks, suspects would have fired more than 15 shots, scaring students who were leaving the school. According to the Municipal Health Department (SMS), the girl underwent surgery and is stable.
06/11/2024 – The Garriga de Menezes Educational Association, in the Freguesia neighborhood, West Zone, was again targeted by armed criminals on Wednesday afternoon (06/11). Two weeks ago, doorman Damião de Carvalho, 76, was shot dead during a robbery. From the security cameras, it is possible to see the robbers surrendering two men in the garage of the teaching unit.
07/11/2024 – A shootout between bandits and military police terrified the night of the residents of Vila da Penha, North Zone, on Thursday night (07/11). The confrontation would have started after a car was stolen by the criminals, starting a chase.
07/11/2024 – Prison agents from Minas Gerais, who accompanied the transfer of prisoners to Rio, mistakenly entered Cidade Alta, in the Complexo de Israel, on Thursday (07/11). They were shot at by the bandits and there was an exchange of fire. According to the Military Police, two Minas Gerais agents were injured by shrapnel, but are doing well. The prisoners were not injured, nor did they escape.
