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Brazilian man arrested in connection with Dutch drug dealer's fatal stabbing on Bali
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Brazilian police have arrested a suspect in the murder of Dutch national René P. on Bali. René P., a convicted drug dealer, was fatally stabbed outside a villa in Kerobokan, Bali, in March. He was attacked by two men as he was leaving a holiday home with his girlfriend, who managed to escape unharmed. Authorities identified the suspects as two Brazilian men, aged 34 and 32, but they fled Indonesia before they could be apprehended. One of the suspects was arrested in Brazil after being caught with a forged document while applying for a passport, according to the Brazilian newspaper O Globo. The second suspect remains at large. René P. had previously been sentenced to five years in prison in the Netherlands for drug trafficking in 2005 and briefly appeared on a national wanted list in 2010 after fleeing during his sentence.
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