A 16-year-old Brazilian boy was stabbed and killed on a Toronto subway in Canada.
The Toronto Star newspaper reported a wave of random attacks on the city's subway system. In 2022, there were 1.068 violent incidents against passengers.
247 - On Saturday (25), Gabriel Magalhães, a 16-year-old Brazilian teenager, was stabbed and killed at a subway station in Toronto, Canada, shortly before 21 pm. According to police, Gabriel was sitting on a bench near the escalators on the subway platform when he was attacked by Jordan O'Brien-Tobin, a 22-year-old homeless man. Authorities said the attack was random and without apparent motive. The suspect fled the station after the crime but was arrested the same day.
The Toronto Star newspaper reported a wave of random attacks on the city's subway system. In 2022, there were 1.068 violent incidents against passengers on the public transportation network, while in 2019, before the pandemic, the number of violent incidents was 669.
Gabriel's mother, Andrea Magalhães, is a nurse at a city hospital. She saw news reports about the attack before she knew her son was the victim. She didn't imagine it could be her son, but she began to worry when she couldn't contact him. Later, the police arrived at her home to inform her of her son's death.
In an interview with the Canadian network Global News, Andrea expressed her sadness and anger over what happened to her son. She did not personally blame the suspect, but rather the system. Andrea believes that to solve the problem, it is necessary to invest more in public health and offer adequate support. She lamented that such a tragic incident occurred in Toronto, a city she chose to live in with her family because of its safety and quality of life.