Two sisters have been shot dead on a beach by criminals on jet skis.
Maria Beatriz dos Santos, 20, and Bianca dos Santos, 15, were with friends when they were attacked.
They were standing by the edge of the sea when armed men fired several shots at the group.
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It has been reported that the men travelled on jet skis.
Maria died instantly while her teenage sibling was rushed to an emergency unit at a nearby hospital.
Bianca later died from her injuries.
Both of the sisters were popular online.
Bianca had 1.5 million followers on the social media platform Kwai, while Maria had more than 43,000 on Instagram.
The pair often created content together.
The gunmen quickly fled the scene after the attack, as reported by Need To Know.
Police believe that the shooting was orchestrated by members of the Red Command – a Brazilian criminal organisation.
The motive behind the attack has not yet been established.
Maria and Bianca died on 1 May in the Barra do Ceará neighbourhood, located in Fortaleza, which is the capital city of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará.
Bianca’s boyfriend, Antônio Victor Araújo Ferreira – known online as Moskou – expressed his heartbreak over the death of his girlfriend on social media.
In a video which appears to have since been deleted, an emotional Antônio shared that his girlfriend was pregnant.
“No one knew [of the pregnancy],” he said.
“Only me and Bia knew that.
“She suspected she was pregnant, and it seems that she already was.”
Police are investigating the deaths.
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