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Horrifying news from the sports world. Increased from 2003 to 2014 Diego Braga regularly in the ring as an MMA fighter. He competed against, among others, Charles Oliveira and Milton Vieira. But also as a trainer Diego demonstrated his skills and coached, among others, middleweight Anderson Silva in some of his UFC fights. In 2019 he finally ended his active career as an MMA fighter. But now shocking news is making the rounds: Diego was murdered.
This is now reported by the Daily Mail, among others. Accordingly, the athlete’s body was found last Monday around 3 a.m. in a slum in Rio de Janeiro. According to the police I have Diego tries to get his stolen motorcycle back in the area. There, however, he met a group of drug dealers Diego attacked and killed.
According to the media, a murder suspect has already been arrested: 18-year-old Taua da Silva is said to have confessed to the crime yesterday. According to him, I have Diego “tried to escape but was caught and killed”. His accomplices then fled. It is not yet completely clear whether the theft of the motorcycle was the reason for the murder. However, the police assume that the drug dealers Diego mistakenly believed to be a member of a militia.
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