The number of children and adolescents living on the streets has grown 12 times in the city of São Paulo in the last 10 years. According to the federal government’s Unified Registry (CadÚnico), in 2024, 3,961 children under 18 years of age live on the streets, which represents 46% of the total number of children and adolescents living on the streets in Brazil. Violence and impairment of cognitive development are some of the consequences of growing up in this environment, especially during early childhood.
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07/11/2024 – A 32-year-old woman and her 8-year-old son were run over by criminals on Sabbado d’Ângelo Street, in Itaquera, East Zone, on Thursday afternoon (07/11). Civil guards witnessed the hit-and-run and soon approached the perpetrators of the crime. One of the criminals was eventually detained, but the other managed to escape.
08/11/2024 – A businessman, a PCC whistleblower to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, was shot dead at São Paulo International Airport, in Guarulhos, in the middle of the afternoon of Friday (08/11). Security cameras recorded the action, which took place on the sidewalk of Terminal 2. The police are investigating the case as execution. He also denounced police corruption. Another three people were seriously injured in the shooting.
09/11/2024 – A man attacked a woman on the sidewalk of Nelson de Oliviera Street, in Sapopemba, East Zone, on Saturday night (09/11). The victim was walking alone when she was approached by the aggressor. A pedestrian intervened and managed to restrain the suspect. The police were called, but the man managed to escape.
11/11/2024 – A 21-year-old man was shot dead on the morning of Monday (11/11), on Clementine Brene Street, in Vila Sônia, South Zone. Then the shooter killed himself. According to the police, the case would be a crime of passion.
12/11/2024 – A 12-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy were seriously injured after the attack by two pit bulls in a playground on Roberto Caetano Maria Lenci Street, in Vila Guilherme, North Zone, on Tuesday (12/11). The person responsible for the dogs has not been located yet.
13/11/2024 – Three men broke into a condominium and tried to steal high-value bicycles, in Lapa, West Zone, on Wednesday night (13/11). Security cameras caught the invasion and the intervention of two police officers. Three disassembled bicycles, valued at R$ 8,000, and two bicycles valued at R$ 16,000 were recovered. The suspects were arrested in the act.
20/11/2024 – A 22-year-old medical student was shot dead at close range, on Wednesday (20/11), during a police approach, on the steps of the Hotel Flor da Vila Mariana, on Cubatão Street, in Vila Mariana, South Zone. In the police report, the police claimed that the young man had tried to take the gun from one of the officers.
