08 February 2007
Robson Barbosa Bezerra
Shooting
Freelance photographer Robson Barbosa Bezerra was gunned down on the evening of 8 February as he was returning home in Rio de Janeiro.
Barbosa, 41, was killed at around 8 p.m. as he was returning to his home in the north Rio de Janeiro district of Abolicao. He was parking his car when gunmen fired eight times, hitting him in the head. Police found 1,600 reals (600 euros) in cash, a gold-plated ring and his watch on the body, as well as his credit card and personal documents including a National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ) membership card. This rules out theft as a motive. Barbosa had reported receiving threats and being attacked a few days before his murder.
