A 29-year-old man was arrested by security guards at a supermarket in Sinop, 503 km from Cuiabá, Brazil, after attacking the store manager with a shovel on Saturday (18). The case happened at around 19:30.
A video, recorded by security cameras, shows that the suspect entered the premises and walked to a shelf with shovels, then he went to the entrance of the supermarket and attacked the employee in the head from behind, who fell unconscious. The victim is 43 years old and survived.
Seconds later, the attacker was detained by security guards.
The supermarket told g1, a Brazilian news portal, that it is investigating the case and looking into the relationship between the manager and the suspect.
According to the Military Police, the suspect is not an employee of the store. He went to the supermarket with the intention of attacking the victim after hearing his wife’s complaints about the manager.
The victim suffered head, ear and ear injuries. She was instructed by the teams to make a statement at the police station in the municipality.
The Civil Police are investigating the case.
