Joao Valdecir de Borba
The father-of-two, Joao Valdecir de Borba, 52, was killed by the gunmen while his show was still going on.
According to Mirror Online, the police are now hunting the two gunmen who perpetrated the evil act.
Borba who was a former crime reporter had switched to presenting
music-led programmes five months ago after receiving death threats.
The shocking crime occurred around 9pm local time on Thursday,
March 10, at the offices of Radio Difusora AM in Sao Jorge do Oeste in
the southern Brazilian state of Parana near the border with Argentina.
There were conflicting reports yesterday about the circumstances leading to his death.
A colleague who was with him the night of the murder claimed he had
stepped outside for a cigarette but radio station coordinator Eliziane
Conter said Borba was shot as he answered a knock on the studio’s front
door.
The killers, who are still on the run, fled the scene in a dark-coloured Fiat Strada.
Joao, who had worked for Radio Difusora AM for ten years and was
married with two children, died as he was rushed critically injured to
hospital.
The Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Presenters
revealed in February eight journalists had been shot dead in Brazil last
year, making it the fifth most dangerous country in the world for
reporters.
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