A man who stabbed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during his
campaign last September suffers from mental health issues, a
federal judge has concluded.
Judge Bruno Savino ruled on Monday that Adélio Bispo de Oliveira
was not fully aware of his actions at the time and cannot be jailed
over the incident.
Instead, he should be referred to a mental health institution,
he said.
According to BBC Bolsonaro, who required surgery after the
incident, said he believed the attack was politically
motivated.
However, police had earlier said they would investigate Mr de
Oliveira’s mental health after he told them he was acting “on God’s
orders”.
Judge Savino said his decision on Monday was based on reports
presented by Mr de Oliveira’s defence lawyers.
Mr Bolsonaro, 64, suffered a deep and life-threatening wound to
his intestines and lost 40 per cent of his blood when he was
stabbed in the stomach at a rally in Minas Gerais last
September.
Adélio Bispo de OliveiraThe far-right politician was placed in
intensive care, fed intravenously and had to have a colostomy bag
fitted. The bag – a small pouch used to collect waste from the body
when the digestive system is no longer functioning as a result of
an illness or injury was removed in January.
Mr Bolsonaro, who took office as the country’s new president on
1 January this year, is a divisive politician whom some analysts
have compared to US President Donald Trump.
Adélio Bispo de Oliveira, meanwhile, is a left-wing supporter
who had been very vocal in his criticism of Mr Bolsonaro, posting
messages on Facebook denouncing his policies.
Immediately after the attack in September, he was grabbed by
supporters of Mr Bolsonaro, manhandled and beaten before being
taken into police custody.
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