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The general director of Carrefour Brasil, Noel Prioux, videotaped a statement issued today, around 9 pm, on open television. He regretted the death of João Alberto Silveira Freitas, attacked by two security guards in a supermarket unit in Porto Alegre (RS), last Thursday night (19).
“What happened at the Carrefour store was a tragedy of incalculable dimensions, the magnitude of which is beyond my understanding as a privileged white man. First of all, my feelings for João Alberto’s family. And my apologies to our customers. , society and our employees, ”said Noel.
“If a crisis like this is happening to us, it is because we have the responsibility to change that in society. The death of João Alberto cannot happen in vain,” he added.
The video was also attended by João Senise, the company’s vice president of Human Resources, who said that more than half of Carrefour Brazil’s employees are black or black, but evaluated that more diversity actions are needed.
“What happened in our store does not represent who we are or our values. 57% of our employees are black and black. And more than a third of the managers say they are black or brown. But it is not enough. We need more formal actions concrete and effective ways to further promote diversity, ”he said.
Carrefour Brasil had previously announced on social media that it would take appropriate measures to hold those involved in this “criminal act” responsible.
New video of the attack
Images from the Carrefour internal security circuit in Porto Alegre show the last moments of João Freitas, 40, before he was assassinated. The two attackers are in custody.
In the recording obtained by Twitter, It is possible to see Beto, as he is known, with his wife at the checkout, who is shopping. He walks away from her and stands near the wall across the hall. There is a security guard near him.
In the images you can see that Beto makes a sign with his thumb – as if he were a good boy – towards the box.
In an interview with Twitter Yesterday, his wife, Milena Borges Alves, 43, said that he had played with a security guard, who took offense and called his companions, who began to follow him. In the pictures, it is not possible to tell who he is giving the thumb signal to.
Police try to identify more witnesses
The Civil Police are trying to identify two more people who witnessed the death of João Freidas. The two appear in images of the market’s internal security circuit, one of them wears a jacket and would be a market employee and the other wears shorts and it is unknown if he works there.
The report of Twitter had access to the recording, but was not allowed to publish it.
According to the delegate Roberta Bertoldo, responsible for the investigation, the investigators have already sent a letter to Carrefour requesting the identification of the two or one of them, in case the other does not work on the site. With that, they can be asked to give testimonials.
