Taison Freda: Brazil international footballer mourns the death of his brother under suspicious circumstances, years after his mother was kidnapped by an armed gang

Taison Freda: death of brother and mother kidnapped – A former Brazil international who won eight caps for his country is mourning the death of his brother which is said to have happened in suspicious circumstances on Sunday. The Brazilian international whose mother survived after being kidnapped by an armed gang after luring her posing as courier drivers is now mourning the death of his brother which is reported to have occurred under suspicious circumstances. Follow InsideSport.IN for the latest sports news and updates.

Taison Freda: Brazil international footballer mourns the death of his brother under suspicious circumstances, years after his mother was kidnapped by an armed gang

 

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Taison Freda: Brazil international mourns the death of his brother, years after his mother was kidnapped by an armed gang

According to DailyStar, Police are probing the death of the 39-year-old, said to have occurred on Sunday night after he was held by three men after allegedly breaking into an elderly woman’s apartment at a beach in the southern Brazilian city of Florianopolis.

Detectives say they are probing the footballer’s brother’s death as a possible homicide or manslaughter but have not yet made any arrests or gone into any detail on what happened at the apartment overlooking the popular Canasvieiras Beach holiday spot.

Taison Freda: Brazil international footballer mourns the death of his brother under suspicious circumstances, years after his mother was kidnapped by an armed gang

Unconfirmed reports say the incident was initially treated as a break-in before it emerged a man had died. Taison’s mother Rosangela Freda was rescued unharmed by police after being snatched from the midfielder’s home city of Pelotas in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in July 2018.

Taison Freda: Brazil international footballer played for Shaktar Donetsk

Local reports said Leandro, thought to have lived nearby with his girlfriend, was “out of his mind” when he allegedly forced his way into the flat where he died. One said he got by with odd jobs in a bakery and hostel and money his mum gave him and quoting neighbours and acquaintances, described him as someone who was “friendly” and never violent.

In July 2018 Taison, who was sent off while with Shakhtar in November 2019 after reacting to alleged racist abuse, learnt his doting mum had been kidnapped from the family home by an armed gang who posed as courier drivers to snatch her.

Taison Freda: Brazil international footballer mourns the death of his brother under suspicious circumstances, years after his mother was kidnapped by an armed gang

She was kidnapped after being fooled into believing she had been sent flowers but forced into the vehicle they were driving instead after having a gun pointed at her head as she went to collect the bouquet. Police rescued her unharmed hours later and made several arrests.

Taison Freda: Brazil international footballer mourns the death of his brother under suspicious circumstances, years after his mother was kidnapped by an armed gang