Man dies at home hours after being discharged from hospital after being stabbed in Santarém

Shortly after the attack, which occurred on Avenida Castelo Branco, teams from the Military Police (PM) and the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) provided first aid and took Francisco to the Santarém Municipal Hospital (HMS). He underwent a medical evaluation at the unit, was discharged and returned to his residence, where family members found him dead at around 10 pm.

Teams from the 35th Military Police Battalion (35th BPM) located the suspect of the attack, a 31-year-old man, hiding in a vacant lot close to the crime scene. According to police records, the man admitted to the attack and pointed out where the knife was, stating that the fight had started because of a debt between them.

The suspect was taken to the Santarém Police Station, where the case was initially registered as intentional bodily injury, and was eventually released. Faced with the death, family members demand clarification from the police about the crime and ask for an investigation into hospital care procedures.