Seven people were shot dead on a public square in a north-eastern Brazilian town late Wednesday in an execution-style slaying that authorities described as 'unacceptable.' Local television channel Verdes Mares broadcast CCTV footage showing attackers leading the victims to the Clovis Bevilaqua square in the town of Vicosa do Ceara with their hands on their heads and lined up side by side The broadcaster said the victims had been at a bar near the square when the attackers pulled up in several vehicles with the shootings taking place around 3 am The motivations for this massacre have not been clarified and the victims are yet to be identified one of the people murdered was wearing an electronic ankle bracelet The victims were said to have been between the ages of 16 and 29 - Ana Carolina de Sousa Rocha The names of the remaining three people who were slain have not been confirmed and were taken to the Vicosa Municipal Hospital and then transferred to the Madalena Nunes Hospital and Maternity 'Security forces are investigating the deaths of seven people,' the Ceara state's security secretariat said on the social network X adding that two others were wounded by bullets 'This episode of violence is unacceptable,' Ceara Governor Elmano de Freitas said This is the second execution-style attack to take place in the town in the last two years. In December 2021, four people were shot dead in their home, as reported by Verdes Mares. Later that month, the police arrested Erivan Melo da Silva, the head of a criminal group operating in the area and suspected of participating in the massacre.  Vicosa do Ceara is a town of about 60,000 people that lies 350 kilometers (217 miles) west of Fortaleza, the vibrant seaside regional capital. Ceara is one of the poorest and most violent states in Brazil, with a murder rate of 35.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the NGO Public Security Forum. This is well above the national average of 23.4 murders per 100,000 people, according to the latest statistics, which date from 2022. Major terror attack 'was just HOURS away' before it was foiled by the special forces and police:... Victim of acid attack 'plotted by his ex-partner who teamed up with a gang' dies in hospital six... We are trapped in unsellable newbuild homes after a £52m dual carriageway was built on our... 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Massacre in Brazil as seven people shot in publicCommenting on this article has endedNewest{{#isModerationStatus}}{{moderationStatus}} Uma mulher de 31 anos foi presa por agentes da Polícia Militar do Ceará (PMCE) após esfaquear uma outra mulher no município de Tianguá elas estavam discutindo em um estabelecimento comercial identificada como Claudiane Ferreira de Paiva foi socorrida por uma ambulância do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (Samu) para o hospital do município Já a suspeita de ter praticado a agressão foi identificada como Gleyce Kelle Moita Souza com dois antecedentes criminais por furto de veículo foi conduzida para a Delegacia de Tianguá e autuada pelo crime de tentativa de homicídio pelo ataque registrado neste domingo no município cearense após o crime a Polícia Militar imediatamente iniciou as diligências relacionadas ao caso Imagens que circulam nas redes mostram o momento em que socorristas do Samu resgatam a mulher esfaqueada pondo-a sobre a maca e depois na ambulância O ataque deixou volumosos rastros de sangue no chão e nos equipamentos usados durante o socorro na saída para o município de Viçosa do Ceará onde foi registrada uma chacina na última semana com sete pessoas mortas em uma praça pública Uma publicação compartilhada por Sobral Online (@sobralonline) This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.