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The Guardian: ‘A George Floyd every 23 minutes in Brazil’: fury at refugee’s brutal murder at Rio beach
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Feb 7, 2022
Relatives say Kabagambe had gone there to demand 200 reais (£28) in unpaid wages from the seaside bar where he had worked informally as a waiter serving beach-goers.Kabagambe sustained fatal chest injuries after being knocked to the ground and battered dozens of times with pieces of wood and fists. His hands and feet were reportedly bound after he was knocked unconscious.
I went to the Congolese neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro days after Moise was killed. One couldn't explain his friends and relatives' sadness and angry. In the next day, an anti-racist social movement set fire in front of the kiosk where Moise was killed.
On assignment for Reuters.
'A George Floyd every 23 minutes': fury at refugee's brutal murder at Rio beachThousands expected at Saturday demonstration as killing of young Congolese lays bare racial fault lines in Brazilian society
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