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Brazilian boy tortured with needles to undergo sur
« on: December 23, 2009, 09:20:10 am »
Brazilian boy tortured with needles to undergo surgery

RIO DE JANEIRO, The Brazilian boy tortured with needles stuck by his stepfather will undergo a delicate surgery to remove two of them from his heart, local daily Globo reported on Thursday.

    According to the boy's doctor, pediatric surgeon Fabio Contelle, the two needles are currently located in the left ventricle of his heart, which may cause him to experience some arrhythmia during the surgery.

    The two-year-old boy was taken to hospital by his mother last Sunday, complaining of abdominal pain. X-ray showed there were at least 30 sewing needles inside his body, including chest, abdomen, neck and legs. Due to the position of the needles, the toddler could not have swallowed them, according to doctors.

    Police started to suspect the boy's stepfather, 33-year-old Roberto Carlos Magalhaes Lopes, because he disappeared just after the child was admitted to the hospital.

    After being arrested on Wednesday, Lopes confessed to the crime, saying that needle inserting was part of a religious ritual and accused two women, his mistress and the owner of a religious center, of being his accomplices in the crime. The two women were then arrested, but they denied any participation.

    The boy was transferred earlier in the day from a small hospital in the town of Barreira, in northeastern Bahia state, to alarger facility in the state's capital city Salvador.

    Other needles were found in the boy's lung, kidney, spine and intestines. Doctors are still evaluating the removement of those presenting danger to the boy, while those which do not present any risk will be left where they are, as the procedures to remove them would be more invasive than their presence.

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