The disaster happened when the footbridge connecting Torres and Passo de Torres over the Mampituba River gave way as revellers were returning to their homes.
At least three people are missing and 20 were injured when a suspension bridge collapsed over the Mampituba river in south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, local authorities said.The simple hanging bridge connecting the state's city of Torres .
Updated: 3 Mar 2021, 9:39
A MONSTER who stabbed his ex-girlfriend s 14-year- old daughter 40 times in a bid to take revenge for being dumped has been jailed.
Brazilian Jeferson de Quadros Peres was sentenced to 52 years in prison for the murder of teenager Brenda da Rocha, after her mum, broke up with him and started a new relationship.
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Brenda da Rocha s body was found in a eucalyptus plantation
The girl s body was found in a eucalyptus plantation in September 2019 in the municipality of Passo de Torres, some 43 miles from her home in Maracaja.
An autopsy on the body revealed 40 stab wounds and over 60 blows in total.