http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/nacional/portugal/gang-mata-e-fere-idosos-em-roubos Abrantes: Two crimes at a distance of 800 meters clash population
Gang kills and injures elderly thefts
Umbelina Ignatius, 83, was intoxicated with ether and died yesterday in hospital at dawn. At the same time, neighbor couple was also beaten
A group of robbers raided two houses where seniors live, in the early morning of yesterday and the day before yesterday - having caused the death of a woman, intoxicated with ether, and a couple serious injuries. The two houses are 800 meters apart in Chainça, Abrantes.
The first attack, at dawn yesterday, was the home of two elderly sisters. Umbelina and Maria do Carmo Ignatius, 83 and 90, were asleep when the hooded men broke down the door and entered the house.
The youngest resisted the robbers and was attacked with a rag with ether. Went into cardiopulmonary arrest and eventually did not resist, at night, in the Hospital de Castelo Branco.
Still looking for redo population Chainça from the shock caused by the death of Ignatius Umbelina since another violent attack occurred in the same village, the home of Laurinda and Luis Pereira, 77 and 78 year-old former emigrants in France.
Little was after 2:00 a.m. yesterday when four masked men entered the victims' house, at a time when the elderly walked the walk. Was brutally assaulted with a broomstick and punch and kick, into unconsciousness.
"He was dead in a pool of blood and covered in clothes," he said yesterday at the CM son, Rui Gonçalves. At the same time, the elder was gagged and hands tied, without leaving the bed. Still struggled for half an hour with the assailants who fumbled however everything.
When the CM found, stole a pair of gold earrings and 200-300 euros to the elderly couple. Already in the house of the two sisters have not stolen anything. In both situations, acted early, masked and gloved, and chose elderly were violent. The two crimes are investigated by PJ de Leiria
