![Attempted femicide of a pregnant woman and death of a child in Itajai came to the attention of the police Attempted femicide of a pregnant woman and death of a child in Itajai came to the attention of the police](https://beemagzine.com/wp-content/uploads/https://static.ndmais.com.br/2022/10/copia-de-foto-frame-de-video-p-portal-nd-2022-10-18t133914205-950x475.jpg)
Itajai, on the north coast of Santa Catarina, is still in shock after a femicide attempt was made on a nearly 9-month-old pregnant woman last Sunday (16). other neck.
The case came to the attention of the Civil Police through the Department of Internal Affairs, which opened an investigation into this case. Both the victim’s ex-partner and the child’s father should provide clarification.
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The child succumbed to his injuries and died in the mother’s stomach, who was admitted to the hospital around 8:30 p.m. The death of the child was reported to the family at around 3:30 a.m.
The organizer of the crime was the ex-partner of the pregnant woman, in respect of whom she had a measure of protection. A young woman remains hospitalized, intubated, in critical condition at the Marieta Conder Bornhausen hospital.
Shot from your own home
A 38-week-old pregnant woman was at home with her family in the Fazenda area of Itajai when a man wearing a hard hat broke into the house, asking who she was, calling her by name, when no one answered, he ordered everyone to lie down on the bed floor.
The young woman was shot and killed at around 8:00 pm, she has no police cards, and was shot in the rib and neck.
Shots hit the woman. When the military police arrived, the Samu brigade treated the pregnant woman, after which she was taken to the Marieta Conder Bornhausen hospital. The victim also claimed that his ex-partner was responsible for the attack.
Due to the attack, the birth will be premature, and the pregnant woman will have to have an emergency caesarean section. The former partner of the victim and the father of the child were not present at the scene, but had the right to conduct appropriate investigative actions. Just this month, the victim requested a new measure of protection against her former partner, as she feared for her life and the life of her child.
Source: Ndmais