The man aroused suspicion when he asked for help, covered in blood, on Sunday night (25) in Chapadao do Lajeado, in Alto Vale do Itajai. He was arrested on suspicion of stabbing another person on Nicolau Allein Street in the center of Imbui.

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Military police were called around 11:00 pm from the Bom Jesus de Ituporanga hospital, who reported a 30-year-old man with stab wounds who may have been the victim of an attempted murder.

According to the corporation, the victim reported the nickname of the perpetrator, who fled shortly after the attack.

Suspect arrested after asking for help covered in blood

About an hour after the hospital called the police, the corporation received information about a disoriented, bloody and injured man who sought help at a house on Estrada Ilha Grande Sebold in Chapadao do Lajeado.

He told the owners of the establishment that he had been in a traffic accident, but due to confusing information, the urban rural network called the military police.

After an exchange of information, police identified a 35-year-old man as a suspect in an attempted murder filed in Imbuia. According to the corporation, the prisoner has the same nickname as reported by the victim.

The suspect was taken to the hospital for medical treatment and then taken to the civil police station of Rio do Sul.