Brazilian is one of the victims of the attack on the Basilica of Nice, in France | World

According to a cousin who spoke to the French public radio RFI report, but preferred not to be identified, Simone – who was wounded with a knife and died in a restaurant almost in front of the cathedral, where she tried to take refuge – had been in France for 30 years and three children left.

One of the owners of the l’Unik restaurant, where Simone arrived completely bloodied, Brahim Jelloule, spoke to TV France Info, still in shock.

“She crossed the street, all bloody, and my brother and one of our employees rescued her, they put her inside the restaurant, not understanding anything, and she said there was a gunman inside the church,” he said.

Jelloule’s brother and the secretary even entered the church, but saw the man armed with a knife, were threatened by the terrorist, and fled. They called the police. According to Jelloule, Simone died an hour and a half after being injured. The attack took place at 9 a.m. in France (6 a.m. in Brasilia).

Jelloule, a Muslim, said he was shocked by the attack: “This is not Islam. I know the Quran by heart and that is not what it preaches, ”he said.

According to the cousin who spoke to the RFI, the family was only informed that Simone was one of the victims at 6:30 pm in France (2:30 pm Brasilia).

Itamaraty issued an official note in which it repudiates the attack and regrets the death of the Brazilian. The text says that “President Jair Bolsonaro, on behalf of the entire Brazilian nation, offers his deepest condolences to the family and friends of the citizen murdered in Nice, as well as to those of the other victims, and extends his solidarity to the people and to the French Government “.

Itamaraty also reported that, through the Consulate General in Paris, “it provides consular assistance to the family of the Brazilian citizen victim of the terrorist attack.”

Simone celebrated Yemanja in France

Born in Lobato, in the Cidade Baixa, in the suburb of Salvador, Simone Barreto, 44, was in France “for at least 30 years.” Simone trained as a cook and currently works as a caregiver for the elderly. He had French nationality.

According to members of the Women’s Pavilion of Madeleine’s Wash Resistance, a Brazilian cultural event that takes place in Paris for 19 years, Simone and her sisters “participated in the Pavilion in 2019 and did not come this year due to Covid-19”. I would have come to Paris in 2019 with a daughter.

In addition, Simone was a cultural agitator in Nice and would have organized, with her sisters and cousins, the Yemanja de Nice party.

The RFI report spoke with the Nice Central Police Station, which did not confirm the information, since the delegate responsible for the press “had a very hard day” and would not be on duty Thursday night.

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