A Brazilian influencer has become the victim of a frenzied stabbing attack during an Instagram livestream, after telling her boyfriend she wanted to breakup with him.
Luna Ambrozevicius Abrahao, 22, was broadcasting live from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 19, when her boyfriend committed the knife assault, according to a report in The Mirror.
In disturbing footage following the attack, Abrahao was seen crying in pain with blood pouring from her body. She suffered multiple stab wounds to her head, back, hand and foot.
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Abrahao, who has a four-year-old daughter, was immediately rushed to hospital where she underwent emergency surgery.
She remains in a serious condition.
Her boyfriend, named as Alex Olievira, fled the scene after the attack.
He is facing charges of attempted murder and domestic violence.
Investigators confirmed Arahao had been arguing with Olievira before the stabbing.
Abrahao, a well-known influencer on social media, has 255,000 followers on Instagram, and works in the fashion and beauty sector.
The vicious assault follows a spate of horrific deaths involving young women in South America, prompting a wider conversation on gender-based violence.
Earlier this month, influencer María José Estupiñán, 22, was shot dead at point-blank range by a man posing as a delivery driver.
The Colombian beauty star, who worked as model, was targeted as she stepped outside her home in the La Riviera neighbourhood of the city of Cucuta in Colombia.
The gunman approached the beauty queen at her door and fired, with the bullet hitting her in the right cheekbone.
CCTV footage showed a suspect running away.
Estupiñán died from her injuries.
Police believe the shooting could be linked to an alleged domestic violence hearing involving the model and her ex-boyfriend, although that has not been confirmed.
Just days earlier, TikTok star Valeria Marquez, 23, was shot dead during a TikTok livestream at her beauty salon in Mexico.
Marquez was speaking to viewers when someone delivered a parcel to her salon in Zapopan, a city in the state of Jalisco.
“He’s a little piglet!” the influencer said as she unwrapped a stuffed animal.
Just moments later, she was seen slumped over her chair in a pool of blood on her desk as the livestream continued.
The livestream ended when an unknown person picked up her phone, with their face being shown briefly to viewers.
