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Man who stabbed Brazil’s Bolsonaro jailed indefinitely
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 15, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A Brazilian judge on Friday
acquitted a mentally ill man of attacking far-right President Jair Bolsonaro
on last year’s campaign trail, but jailed him for an “indefinite period.”
Adelio Bispo de Oliveira stabbed Bolsonaro in the stomach on September 6
during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, in the southeastern state of Minas
Gerais.
Police previously said Bispo acted alone in a premeditated political attack
that almost cost Bolsonaro his life.
Bispo suffers a delusional disorder and for that reason cannot be tried
under Brazilian law, the federal judge ruled.
However owing to the “high risk” to himself and his wish to attack
Bolsonaro and former president Michel Temer, Bispo should remain in a federal
prison where he can receive treatment, the judge said.
Bolsonaro said he would try to have the decision overturned.
Bolsonaro thinks that declaring Bispo mentally ill is a way to protect the
attack masterminds.
“They tried to kill me. I am certain who they were, but I can’t say, I
don’t want to prejudge anyone,” he told local media.
“This is a crime against a presidential candidate who now has the mandate
and we must go to the final consequences of that situation.”
Bolsonaro vowed to appeal.
“I will contact my lawyer. I will try to do whatever is possible,” he said.
BSS/AFP/SSS/0902 hrs