Brazil: Fear for safety

Index Number: AMR 19/016/2007
Date Published: 22 August 2007
Categories: Americas, Brazil

Aurina Rodrigues Santana, her husband Rodson da Silva Rodrigues and her son Paulo Rodrigo Rodrigues Santana Braga were shot dead on 14 August while they slept in their house in the Calabatão district of Salvador in Bahia state. It is feared that their three other daughters, and neighbours who witnessed the attack, are in danger.