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Mingau, bassist of the band Ultraje a Rigor, turned 56 this Sunday@mingaultraje / Reproduction
This Sunday afternoon a man was arrested (3) suspected of being involved in the shooting against Mingau, bassist of the band Ultraje a Rigor, in Paraty. Rio de Janeiro. The musician was Shot in the head and is receiving intensive care at São Luiz do Itaim Hospital Sao Paulo. The frame is is considered “sensitive”.
The arrest was made based on an anonymous tip. Civilian and military police went to a house in the Ilha das Cobras neighborhood on Saturday night, where the crime also occurred (2).
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a notebook in the apartment as well as a large amount of drugs, weapons and ammunition. The man was taken to the police station and is available in court, the portal says.
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Mingau was rescued by a fire department team and taken to the Hugo Miranda municipal hospital. However, since the health center does not have a neurosurgeon who could carry out the operation to remove the bullet, he was transferred this morning to a private hospital in São Paulo.
According to g1 applies Mingau was shot in the head while driving near Praça do Ovo on Ilha das Cobras in Paraty. A friend told plainclothes police that the two were about to grab something to eat when shots were fired at the car in which they were sitting. Mingau’s companion gave a different version to the military police: According to the incident report, they both wanted to buy drugs.
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In an interview with g1, investigative delegate Marcelo Russo of the 167th DP said the region was dominated by drug trafficking and there was one known drug outlet.
“When they saw this car coming, a dark pickup truck, they may have been confused and fired the shot that ended up hitting this member of the band Ultraje a Rigor,” Marcelo explained.
Mingau, whose real name is Rinaldo Amaral, was the guitarist of the band Ratos de Porão until 1985 and since 1999, after Serginho’s departure, he joined the band Ultraje a Rigor with Roger Moreira, Bacalhau and Marcos Kleine.
The band formed in the 1980s. Over the course of her career, Ultraje scored several hits on the Brazilian music scene, including Inútil, Ciúme and Nós vai invade sua praia.