The Telegraph reports that, Brazilian radio DJ Gleydson Carvalho was shot and killed after two gunmen stormed the studio and shot him dead during his lunchtime show.
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| Brazilian Anti-Corruption Radio DJ Gunned Down As He Broadcast |
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two gunmen forced their way into the studio after overpowering a receptionist
and then forcing a sound engineer to cower underneath a table.
Mr Carvalho was shot three times in the head and twice in the chest.
He died on the way to hospital, while his killers made their escape on a motorbike.
"They came to the station's facility and said that they had to make an announcement,“ Herbert Silva, a local police chief, said of the killers.
He added that the the culprits have been identified.
"We're going to find them soon because they don't have water, money, food and they are in a region with a lot of sun, rocks - almost a desert."
Mr Carvalho was well known for his long-standing campaign against government corruption. According to one friend he would even receive threats while on air.
But various news sources in Brazil said he discounted them.
Mr Carvalho was shot three times in the head and twice in the chest.
He died on the way to hospital, while his killers made their escape on a motorbike.
"They came to the station's facility and said that they had to make an announcement,“ Herbert Silva, a local police chief, said of the killers.
He added that the the culprits have been identified.
"We're going to find them soon because they don't have water, money, food and they are in a region with a lot of sun, rocks - almost a desert."
Mr Carvalho was well known for his long-standing campaign against government corruption. According to one friend he would even receive threats while on air.
But various news sources in Brazil said he discounted them.
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