A 21-year-old woman is facing attempted murder charges after she smashed her car into a liquor distributor’s store and injured two people ‘in an act of rage,’ authorities in the Brazil state of Tocantins said.
Sâmia Sá visited the business Sunday morning to purchase a beverage and lost her temper when she was informed she could not buy an individual drink from a package, an employee told TV Anhanguera.
Cellphone video footage obtained by Brazilian news outlet G1 showed a topless Sá on the ground fighting with one of the workers as employees and bystanders tried to break it up.
Sá eventually walked to her car and while pulling out of the parking spot hit a person and another vehicle.
Two women who were at the scene of the fight could be seen running towards the store as one of them approached a male worker to alert him.
Within seconds, Sá slammed her car through the entrance, nearly hitting the male employee and the woman.
The vehicle destroyed two cashier counters, pinning one of the workers into a column and knocking another to the ground while a third jumped out of the way.
Sá then stepped out of the car and charged at one of the employees and chased him out of the store.
Sâmia Sa was captured on video deliberately slamming her car into a liquor distribution store in the central Brazilian state of Tocantins on Sunday morning moments after she fought a store employee because they would not allow her to purchase a single beverage out of a package. Two workers were injured in the incident. The 21-year-old is facing two attempted murder charges
Sâmia Sá ran out of vehicle and chased after one of the workers moments after she crashed her vehicle into the liquor store
She later walked back in and got in her vehicle to flee, but was dragged out by a worker and restrained until the police arrived
Sa was taken to a local Tocantins Civil Police station, where was charged with attempted murder with direct intent and attempted murder with eventual intent.
Sá was denied bail because of the two attempted murder charges. She also facing material damage, assault and slander charges.
She was transferred to the Palmas Women’s Penal Unit and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday for a custody hearing.
A topless Sâmia Sá (second to the right) is held back while fighting a liquor store employee moments before drove her car into the business and injured two workers
An employee at the liquor store restrained Sâmia Sá (left) until the police arrived and placed her under arrest. The 21-year-old was charged with attempted murder with direct intent and attempted murder with eventual intent
Her attorneys said in a statement that she was the victim of an assault that was witnessed by people on the scene and recorded on camera.
‘She was publicly exposed in a humiliating manner, with part of her clothes being torn off during the commotion,’ her lawyers said.
‘We emphasize that Sâmia acted in a state of strong emotional distress and despair, reacting to circumstances that put her physical integrity and dignity at risk,’ they added.
‘The defense reaffirms that there was no premeditated intention to cause damage or injury to third parties. We await a rigorous and impartial investigation so that all those involved are heard and the facts are fairly investigated.