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Municipal Elections in Brazil: Candidate Is Shot Dead and Vice-Governor of Goias Is Wounded
09/29/2016 - 11h52
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CARLA GUIMARÃES
FOLHA CONTRIBUTOR IN GOIÂNIA
The Vice-Governor of Goiás, José Eliton, and the mayoral candidate for Itubiara, José Gomes da Rocha (PTB) were attacked by a gunman during a motorcade on Wednesday afternoon (the 28th).
Gomes da Rocha, who had previously been mayor of the city, died in the hospital. Eliton, who is also the Secretary for Public Security and Penal Administration of Goiás, was hit by at least two bullets in the abdomen and underwent surgery.
According to a communique released by the state government, the Vice-Governor did not suffer life threatening wounds.
Eilton is currently the state's acting governor. Marconi Perillo (PSDB), the elected governor, is on a commercial mission to Canada and the United States.
The candidate was participating in the last motorcade of the campaign. Municipal elections are being held next Sunday, the 2nd.
Along the motorcade's route, a man got out of a black car that was stopped in the opposite lane that the motorcade was following and started shooting with a .40 caliber pistol.
The shooter was identified by Ricardo Chueire, a regional delegate, as Gilberto Ferreira do Amaral, 53 years old, a general assistant from the Municipal Health Secretariat.
After the attack that injured the Vice-Governor and killed the candidate, a shootout occurred and a police agent, who was a security guard for the event, was shot as well as the author of the attack himself - both died at the scene.
The government of Goiás informed that Célio Rezende, Itumbiara's municipal lawyer was also injured.
No apparent motives for the attack have been revealed.
According to the most recent electoral polls taken in the city and released on Tuesday (the 27th), Gomes da Rocha was expected to win the election in the first round with 64% of voter intention.
Translated by LLOYD HARDER
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The Vice-Governor of Goiás, José Eliton, was attacked by a gunman on Wednesday afternoon (the 28th) |