Lapa, São Paulo, Brazil
A fight after the "200 Years of Punk" concert at the Tendal da Lapa Cultural Center in São Paulo ended in the death of Helen, aged 43, last Sunday night.
Surveillance footage shows Helen and another woman - identified online as Graciella . - fighting at around 10 PM. At first, no one intervenes. Later, as the two fall to the ground, Helen is briefly on top, but a man - identified online as the boyfriend of Graciella - intervenes to help his partner.
The situation escalates when the other woman pins Helen to the ground, and pins her down, choking her. Another woman arrives and kicks Helen. Eventually, Graciella left, and others help Helen up.
Helen, who suffered head trauma, later felt unwell and was taken to an urgent care unit, where she suffered a seizure and died despite receiving medical attention. The case is under investigation as a suspicious death, and a forensic exam was requested. Friends and online punk collectives mourned Helen, who was unemployed and leaves behind a 14-year-old daughter
According to friends, the fight stemmed from a social media argument about another woman’s behavior in the punk scene. At the concert, Helen was reportedly drunk, and said she wasn’t in condition to fight. After the concert, the woman and her friends confronted her.
Friends also claimed that Graciella's boyfriend prevented others from stopping the fight, even as Helen was being pinned.
A fight after the "200 Years of Punk" concert at the Tendal da Lapa Cultural Center in São Paulo ended in the death of Helen, aged 43, last Sunday night.
Surveillance footage shows Helen and another woman - identified online as Graciella . - fighting at around 10 PM. At first, no one intervenes. Later, as the two fall to the ground, Helen is briefly on top, but a man - identified online as the boyfriend of Graciella - intervenes to help his partner.
The situation escalates when the other woman pins Helen to the ground, and pins her down, choking her. Another woman arrives and kicks Helen. Eventually, Graciella left, and others help Helen up.
Helen, who suffered head trauma, later felt unwell and was taken to an urgent care unit, where she suffered a seizure and died despite receiving medical attention. The case is under investigation as a suspicious death, and a forensic exam was requested. Friends and online punk collectives mourned Helen, who was unemployed and leaves behind a 14-year-old daughter
According to friends, the fight stemmed from a social media argument about another woman’s behavior in the punk scene. At the concert, Helen was reportedly drunk, and said she wasn’t in condition to fight. After the concert, the woman and her friends confronted her.
Friends also claimed that Graciella's boyfriend prevented others from stopping the fight, even as Helen was being pinned.
