The crime of the jiu-jitsu fighter and world champion Leandro Lo upsets the world of sport in Brazil. The 33-year-old was shot in the head after a fight during a show at a São Paulo sports club. The alleged attacker, a military policeman, was delivered in the last few hours.

While waiting for the investigation to progress, the victim’s mother revealed a disturbing version to local media: she claimed that the attacker it was with the intent to kill.

The eight-time world martial arts champion died after being left in an irreversible state of brain death after being shot “at close range” on Sunday by a police officer with whom he had quarreled, anonymity said. Lo’s friend. and check at the G1 site.

The alleged perpetrator of the crime, who fled from the place where the facts took place, appeared a few hours later in a police headquarters and was previously detainedsources from the San Paolo Civil Police confirm to the G1.

Lo’s body will be buried this Monday in a cemetery in the south of the capital of Sao Paulo.

Fatima Lo, the athlete’s mother, said the policeman knew her son. “that person knew himbecause he also practices jiu-jitsu (…) He was there for that (to kill him), no doubtbut we don’t know why, “he told TV Globo.

According to the story of Lo’s relative, the argument broke out after the policeman took a bottle from the table where he was sitting with his friends, during a musical show in a sports and social club in the Brazilian metropolis.

After an alleged provocation, Lo blocked the policeman “to calm him down” and as he was leaving he turned and shot him “at close range”.

The International Federation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (IBJJF) lamented the death of the fighter on social networks: “He was one of the greatest athletes our sport has produced. An example of an athlete (…) a champion inside and outside the tatami “.

With its roots in Japanese judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu developed in the South American country in the early 20th century and is one of the most popular full contact sports, ranking prominently in mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions. .

Leandro Lo, a reigning champion

Leandro Pereira do Nascimento Lo, 33, was an eight-time world champion in jiu-jitsu in five different categories and has won five World Cup titles in this sport, as well as eight Pan American titles in the sport.

The fighter, who won his first world title in 2012 in the lightweight category, it was still active and in May of this year he won a new world title, but in the middle-heavyweight category.

“The first title was the feeling of becoming world champion and the latter was the feeling of still being world champion. The two best feelings of my life“The fighter then ensured in a publication on his social networks.

The Brazilian was expected to play a championship in the United States in the next few days.

With information from AFP

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