A 72-year-old man was attacked after picking flowers planted in a central flower bed. The episode took place this Sunday (14) on Avenida Santa Catarina, in Balneario Arroyo do Silva, south of Santa Catarina. The video of the attack went viral on social media.

In South Carolina, an elderly man was attacked by a vendor after picking flowers from a central flower bed – Photo: @Lugarcia/Facebook/Disclosure/ND

In a report to the military police, the elderly man who was attacked said he was picking some plants on the spot when the merchant threatened him with a knife not to do so and then punched him. Judging by the pictures, the victim even falls on the avenue.

An elderly man was hit and fell on a busy avenue in Balneario Arroyo do Silva – video: @Lugarcia/Facebook/Disclosure/ND

The family of Brasiliano Berto de Moraes filed a complaint with the police. According to her daughter, Elian Moraes, her father only has a sore body and a bruise on his head, but he is very mentally shaken due to physical and verbal aggression.

“The bush was big, full of dog feces, even inattentive. He started this aggression, got into a fight with my father, pulled out a machete, called him everything. We have two witnesses, the one who filmed this and the one who helped my father get up,” Eliane told ND+.

The photographs show the situation of abandonment at the construction site – Photo: Disclosure/ND

The message also spoke to the merchant suspected of the attack. On the link he confirmed that he attacked the elderly and regretted his attitude.

“Unfortunately, it was me. I’m out of my mind. He tore the flowers in the flower bed, and then we started arguing, cursing each other, and I went crazy. I tried to apologize to my family, but I know that in this case it will not solve anything. Now I will answer according to the law,” said Volmir Teixeira Cardoso.

The civilian police told ND+ that they were waiting for the prime minister’s report of the incident to be handed over to start an investigation.

There was no arrest at the scene of the crime, as the author was not located by the military police on Sunday. The family called the police after some incidents to register the BO.