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05-28-2011, 09:41 PM
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Horrific Extrajudicial Killing
One of the most horrific cases of extrajudicial killings carried out by the police involves Abranches Penicela. In August 2007, he was abducted, tortured, shot and set on fire. What makes his case so special is that he survived all of this long enough to be able to tell his story and name the policemen involved. Abranches Penicela’s first brush with the law dates back to 1997. Police raided two of the houses in which he and his brothers lived, claiming to be searching for weapons. They did not have a search warrant and found nothing. But they took all of the Penicela brothers in and held them for 12 days while they carried out an investigation. They also stole all of the Penicelas’ possessions, including cars, cameras and cell phones. In August 2007, the police staked out Abranches’s home. When Abranches went out, Balate and seven other policemen followed him. They stopped him, threw him to the ground, tied him up, put him in the trunk of their car and gave him toxic injections. They then bought five litres of petrol, threw him in a ditch, shot him, and set him on fire. Miraculously, Abranches survived and managed to get someone to take him to a medical centre. Despite having fourth degree burns on 75 percent of his body, he was able to recount what had happened and identify the perpetrators. His brothers recorded his story on a cell phone.  · |
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05-28-2011, 09:50 PM
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 Australia Mate! Poster Rank:344 I have a map of Tasmania Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 3,712 3,712Posts 2,301Thanked 86Quoted 1Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: Horrific Extrajudicial Killing
thats a horrible story! I wonder if the police involved were caught and if so what was the punishment??
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05-28-2011, 10:06 PM
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 *DR's nice guy* Poster Rank:79 Male Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 19,424 19,424Posts 17,496Thanked 7,144Quoted 89Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: Horrific Extrajudicial Killing
 Quick, put salt on him...
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05-29-2011, 03:36 AM
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 My Rank: LANCE CORPORAL Poster Rank:2236 Male Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 209 209Posts 50Thanked 1Quoted 0Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: Horrific Extrajudicial Killing
Damn, poor guy is as red as a lobster. :c Amazing he survived long enough to recount his tale. I hope those fuckers got what they deserved.
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