The attackers were Portuguese teenagers and teenagers between the ages of 15 and 25 who were drunk and, according to the victims, possibly under the influence of drugs.. According to the information, the group consisted of about ten young people with Portuguese accents, most of them white, including only one woman, and were surrounded by cans and bottles.
The group demanded 10 euros (R$53) from the Brazilians, but they refused the money.. As soon as they heard the negative answer, one of the young men slapped Bruno in the face.
[Pedir dinheiro] It was just a reason to go up. A punch in the face. We tried to escape, to run away. Then they pulled me by my cap. I fell there. As I fell, they started punching and kicking my head.
Bruno Marcelino, cultural producer
Kaique came back to help Marcelino, but was surrounded by three attackers and also began taking blows.. One of the young people called for an end to the violence against Brazilians. “It was time for us to get up and run again,” Bruno said UOL this Sunday (31). “But they were after us again. I managed to escape them. We stayed about two blocks away from them.”
The group believed the Brazilians had left and called off the chase.. Meanwhile, two blocks away, Marcelino, Kaique and a Portuguese resident who had been watching the scene from a balcony called the police at least three times.
The police had doubts about the Brazilians, says the producer
When the Portuguese police arrived, the officers did not approach the young attackers in time.. According to the cultural producer, this enabled some attackers to escape