09 August, 2015

Anti-corruption radio DJ shot dead during a live broadcast in Brazil

DJ Gleydson Carvalho
Brazilian radio DJ Gleydson Carvalho was gunned down in the studio as he broadcasted live yesterday.


 2 gunmen burst into Radio Liberdade FM in Camocin, in north east Brazil, Overpowering the company receptionistand engineer  only to storm into the studio where Gleydson was broadcasting to his listeners and shot him 5 times, 3 shots in the head and 2 within the chest. The killers esaped on a motorcycle.

It was recalled that an hour before he was killed, the DJ had been driving against corruption. He was glorious for his long-standing campaign against government corruption. He'd previously received death threats while broadcasing on air.

Herbert Silva, a local police chief, said ;

"They came to the station's facility and said that they had to make an announcement,
"We're going to find them soon because they don't have water, money, food and they are in a region with a lot of sun, rocks - almost a desert."


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