Brazilian professional Call of Duty: Mobile player Ingrid “Sol” was murdered on Monday in São Paulo, Brazil. The culprit of the crime was allegedly a fellow professional COD player, Flashlight. Sol was only 19 when he died.
Flashlight is facing charges of qualified homicide after allegedly confessing his crime to the police.
“Our player SOL was brutally murdered,” said the organization Jaguares Esports in a message on WhatsApp. “I would like to be more sensitive about this issue, but we are in shock. She disappeared a few days ago and was found dead by a psychopath who stabbed, recorded and posted on social media. “
Sol competed in Call of Duty: Professional Mobile for FBI E-sports.
Krony, FBI E-Sports team manager, posted a story on Instagram saying, “She was an extraordinary person, whom we will remember every day that the sun rises, every day that the sun touches our body. Each time we look at the sun, we will remember it. “
According to a report by the portal R7, Lanterna stabbed Sol to death while the two were inside his home in the north of São Paulo. Flashlight then posted images of Sol’s lifeless body to WhatsApp groups before confessing his crime to the police.
The investigation revealed that Flashlight planned her attack, including writing her intention to kill her in a book that was acquired by the police as evidence in her case. According to a video released by Viva ABC, Flashlight said “my sanity is completely in shape” when he was arrested. He went on to clarify “I wanted to do this”.
Violence against women has been a growing problem in Brazil in recent years, both inside and outside sports. Ipea’s Atlas of Violence 2020 showed that more than 4,500 women were murdered in Brazil in 2018 alone.
“In the Mobile COD scenario, many players are threatened and we campaign to combat any type of
In a follow-up tweet, the organization stated, “Brazil does not yet have official COD Mobile women’s championships. Jaguars and other women’s teams venture into the mixed scene and we have already suffered several episodes of machismo. Femicides will not be tolerated!# JustiçaPelaSol. “