A man has died after his wife allegedly flew into a jealous rage and set him on fire at a fish market she owns in Brazil.
André Chapeta, 50, died on Friday from the injuries he sustained after his wife doused him with a flammable liquid.
The incident took place Monday at a store in Rio de Janeiro when Ana María Paixaõ spotted Chapeta sitting at a table.
A surveillance camera showed Paixaõ walking past the counter and opening a bottle before she doused it over his body.
The woman allegedly flicked a lighter and immediately set him on fire.
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André Chapeta (left) died Friday morning, four days after his wife, Ana María Paixaõ (right), doused him with a flammable liquid and set him on fire. Paixaõ was picked up by police Thursday morning, but was released at night because a court had not signed off on an arrest warrant
Ana María Paixaõ stairs at her husband, André Chapeta, while he was covered in flames moments after she set him on fire inside her fish market in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Chapeta died Friday from the injuries he suffered
Chapeta as he was covered in flames and raced inside the fish market’s stock room.
He was rushed to Getúlio Vargas Hospital, where he underwent treatment for burns to 92 percent of his body before he succumbing to his injuries Friday.
Paixaõ was picked up by police Thursday morning, but was released during the night after a judge failed to sign off an arrest warrant.
Civil Police chief Flávio Ferreira told Brazilian news outlet G1 that he believes the incident was motivated by the woman’s jealousy over her husband.
He told channel R7 that the couple’s 30-year-old relationship was allegedly marked by bouts of domestic violence.
André Chapeta suffered burns to 92 percent of his body after his wife set him on fire Monday inside a Rio de Janeiro fish market she owns
Ana María Paixaõ walks out of her fish market stock room area with a bottle containing a flammable liquid she used to set her husband on fire. She told police investigators that she was defending herself after he had beaten her, a claim they have rejected
Ana María Paixaõ stands near her husband, André Chapeta, before she poured a flammable liquid on him and set him on fire Monday night at a fish market she owns in Rio de Janeiro
The Rio de Janeiro Civil Police said the couple’s 30-year-old relationship was filled with domestic violence incidents
Paixaõ told investigators that she had been beaten prior to setting Chapeta on fire and reacted in self-defense, an allegation which they rejected.
‘What she says is not what the image shows. The image shows the victim sitting in a chair. She arrives, coldly, throws the liquid and sets him on fire,’ Ferreira said.
‘She was not at that moment in a vulnerable situation, she was not in a situation in which she would be imminently attacked.
‘On the contrary, as I said, he was sitting and posed no risk to her physical integrity at that moment.’
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