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Two sisters found shot dead after abduction by men posing as police in Ceará
Two sisters aged 15 and 18 were found shot dead on Tuesday in Tauá, in the Brazilian state of Ceará.
They had been taken from their home in Arneiroz the previous day, a town near Tauá.
Four men arrived in a white car and pretended to be police officers to get access to the girls.
The men tied the sisters’ hands with plastic restraints and told their family they would kill the two girls before leaving.
Their bodies were found in a wooded area, and the case is being investigated as a double homicide.
Ceará’s civil police are investigating, with military police and forensic teams also called to the scene.
Two sisters aged 15 and 18 were found shot dead in Tauá, Ceará, on Tuesday morning, 13 October.
They had been forcibly taken from a home in neighboring Arneiroz on Monday, 12 October.
Four suspects reportedly arrived in a white car, posed as police officers, restrained the sisters and took them away.
Before leaving, the suspects reportedly told the family they were not police and said they would kill the sisters.
The Ceará Civil Police are investigating the deaths as a double homicide.
- Who
- Two sisters, aged 15 and 18, whose identities were not disclosed.
- What
- They were abducted and found dead with gunshot wounds.
- When
- They were taken on Monday, 12 October, and found on Tuesday morning, 13 October.
- Where
- The abduction took place in Cachoeira de Fora, Arneiroz; the bodies were found in the Angicos community, Tauá, Ceará.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Four suspects reportedly took the sisters from a home in Cachoeira de Fora, Arneiroz.
The sisters were found dead in a wooded area in the Angicos community, Tauá.
- Victims
- Sisters aged 15 and 18
- Abduction site
- Cachoeira de Fora, Arneiroz, Ceará
- Discovery site
- Angicos community, Tauá, Ceará
- Suspects
- Four people reportedly arrived in a white car posing as police officers
- Investigation
- Ceará Civil Police are investigating a double homicide
What people are saying
Teams from the Ceará Military Police and the State Forensic Examination Department were also called to the incident, which is ongoing
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