Assault in Criciúma: wounded military policeman is hospitalized in very serious condition | St. Catarina

According to the deputy commander of the Santa Catarina Military Police, Marcelo Pontes, he underwent three surgeries and lost a lot of blood.

“His situation is very serious. His problem is a matter of internal bleeding, which is difficult to contain,” said Pontes.

The 32-year-old soldier Jeferson Luiz Esmeraldino, has served in the Military Police since 2016, in the 9th Military Police Battalion in Criciúma.

During the night, the Military Police reported that a guard had also been injured. Until 3:30 pm, the G1 SC tested details about his health.

Criminals did Simultaneous attacks in some parts of the city. Divided, the heavily armed gang with machine guns and rifles set fires, blocked streets and entrances to the city, and fired at the Military Police Battalion. Two people were injured.

• Some 30 hooded people robbed a branch of Banco do Brasil in the Criciúma Center at 11:50 pm on Monday (30). The action lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes.
• People were taken hostage and surrounded by criminals; there were blockages and barriers to prevent the police from arriving.
• A prime minister and a guard were injured.
• The criminals fled and some of the money was scattered on the streets. The amount taken and abandoned has not yet been calculated. Four residents were arrested after collecting R $ 810 thousand that were left on the ground by an explosion during the assault.
• The criminals also left 30 kilograms of explosives. The police do not know the total used.
• In a cornfield on private property in Nova Veneza, northwest of Criciúma, 10 cars used in the robbery were seized.
• In a note, Banco do Brasil said that employees were not injured, that there is no provision for the agency to reopen and that it does not report “amounts subtracted during an attack on its facilities.”

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