A 16-year-old teenager He hammered his parents to death and set fire to the room where they slept. The case happened on Thursday night (23) in Jacarepaguá, West Zone of Rio, after a family argument. The Capital Homicide Precinct is investigating the crime.
What does the teenager say?
The teenager told police that the argument started because his parents wouldn’t let him miss school. He reportedly said he would like to rest for a jiu-jitsu class.
The young
man said, in a statement, that he killed his parents with hammers, then went out to have a snack with a friend and when he returned home, he set fire to the room where he had left the bodies.
The house is on the Connection Road. After the flames consumed the second floor of the house, the teenager called the Military Police and the Fire Department.
The Civil Police said in a statement that the teenager was taken by military personnel to the unit and apprehended in flagrante delicto for the crime. The agents also said that more witnesses will be heard and more steps will be taken to clarify the reason for the crime.
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