Teenager kills parents and sister after being deprived of phone

A Brazilian teenager killed his parents and sister at the family home, using his father’s service weapon, after feeling “very frustrated” at being deprived of his phone, according to details from the survey delivered this Wednesday, May 22.

This triple homicide which shocked Brazil took place on Friday May 17, in the economic capital Sao Paulo, but was only revealed at the beginning of the week, when the 16-year-old contacted the police to say that he had shot and killed three members of his family.

“The police were called by the teenager himself, who confessed to the crime,” explained the Sao Paulo Security Secretariat in a statement.

He was placed in an institution for minors, the criminal age being set at 18 years in Brazil. Due to his age, he cannot be accused of crimes, but he will answer to the “offenses” of homicide and femicide, illegal carrying of a firearm and harm to the integrity of a corpse.