The alert was raised Tuesday by workers at Brazil’s Visconde do Rio Branco Municipal Cemetery who discovered bloodstains near a freshly sealed brick and cement burial niche, military police said in a statement shared on Thursday.
“The police heard calls for help, broke down the wall and removed one Woman who had head injuries and wounds on the arms,” the statement said.
The sacrifice was laid alive in a burial niche built into a structure that allows tombs to be stacked above ground.
According to police estimates, this mother had been buried in the grave the night before and was not only delivered about ten hours later.
“Revenge” by gang members
Police are still looking for two suspects, aged 20 and 22.
The commissioner responsible for the investigation, Diego Candian Alves, spoke of “revenge” by gang members over a weapons and drug dispute.
The victim told investigators Two hooded men broke into her house and abducted her in the presence of her husband, who was physically assaulted.
She is still hospitalized, but her health has “showed improvement,” news site G1 announced on Thursday, citing a medical source.