Supporter of Brazil's Bolsonaro uses an axe to kill a backer of main opposition leader Lula after an argument about politics, weeks ahead of tense October elections, police say
"Politically motivated argument" between backer of Bolsonaro and Lula supporter on a farm in Mato Grosso state ends with latter being struck 15 times with an axe, police say.
The victim, identified as Benedito Cardoso dos Santos, was 42 years old and had been arguing with the alleged perpetrator, a 24-year-old Rafael Silva de Oliveira, ahead of October 2 elections which will see former president Lula challenge Bolsonaro, police said on Friday. "The victim was defending Lula and the perpetrator said he was defending Bolsonaro," he added in a statement Thursday.
Lula also suggested law enforcement should investigate whether such incidents "had been ordered, or guided, or if it is a political strategy."
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