FatalSexism / Gender-Based Violence

17-year-old girl shot dead after rejecting harassment in Ceará

A 17-year-old girl was shot and killed at a convenience store at a gas station in Deputado Irapuan Pinheiro, Ceará, after she refused a man's harassment and offer of money, according to a relative who was with her. Police are investigating the case as a femicide.

  • Deputado Irapuan Pinheiro, Brazil
  • Severity 5 of 5 — Fatal or mass violence

Source

  1. oglobo.globo.com/brasil/noticia/2026/04/29/unicef-cobra-acoes-apos-morte-de-adolescente-que-rejeitou-assedio-no-interior-do-ceara-misoginia-estrutural.ghtml

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