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Two detainees escape police van at São Paulo forensic institute
Two detainees escaped from a police van on Tuesday morning in São Paulo, Brazil.
They were waiting inside the van at the Central Legal Medical Institute for examinations documenting injuries.
One man kicked the van door until it opened, allowing both men to escape.
They had been detained over theft and vehicle identification tampering.
The escape is being investigated by the Civil Police’s internal affairs office.
Police teams are searching for the two men.
Two detainees escaped from a police van at the courtyard of São Paulo’s Central Institute of Legal Medicine on Tuesday morning.
They had been waiting in the van for forensic examinations when one kicked open the door.
The São Paulo Public Security Secretariat said the men had been detained for theft and tampering with a vehicle identification number.
Police teams were searching for the two men, and the Civil Police’s General Inspectorate is investigating the escape.
- Who
- Two detainees.
- What
- They escaped from a police van while waiting for forensic examinations.
- When
- Tuesday morning, November 3.
- Where
- The courtyard of the Central Institute of Legal Medicine in São Paulo.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Two detainees escaped from a police van in the courtyard of the Central Institute of Legal Medicine.
Police teams searched for the two men, and the Civil Police’s General Inspectorate investigated the case.
- Detainees
- 2
- Location
- Central Institute of Legal Medicine, São Paulo
- Escape date
- Tuesday, November 3
- How they escaped
- One detainee kicked open the van door
- Prior detention offences
- Theft and tampering with a vehicle identification number
What people are saying
Two detainees, arrested for theft and tampering with a vehicle identification number, escaped on Tuesday morning (3) during procedures for forensic examinations at the Central Institute of Legal Medicine (IML).