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March 9, 2017

Brazilian Men Seen on Video Assaulting Transgender Woman Before She Was Found Dead
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In Brazil, investigators have released a harrowing video showing six men
assaulting a transgender woman who was found murdered last month, as
police attempt to track down her killers. The cellphone footage shows
the men shouting homophobic slurs as they kick and beat 42-year-old
Dandara dos Santos, before throwing her into a wheelbarrow and carting
her onto the side street where she was found shot to death. Dos Santos
was one of at least five transgender Brazilians murdered last month.
Worldwide crime statistics show that, on average, one transgender person
is murdered every three days.


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