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Gull dos Santos

Age 35

2 Oct 2014
Rio Largo, Alagoas (Brazil)
Shot

TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Oct-2014/Gaivota Wilton dos Santos

Gull dos Santos

Gull was shot in the face while walking down the high street. Her attackers fled.

A Brazilian transgender woman was murdered last week by three shots to the face.

Gull dos Santos, 35, was killed on Wednesday while walking down on a high street in Rio Largo municipality, Alagoas province.

According to police, two men approached the victim on a motorcycle, fired several shots and fled before they could be identified. dos Santos died on the spot.

Although dos Santos was killed on a busy thoroughfare, witnesses did not pass any useful information to police except that more than one man participated in the crime.

TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia

https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/brazil-trans-woman-shot-face-three-times071014/

Report added: 31 Oct 2018. Last updated: 13 Jan 2021

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