On Tuesday night, Diego Costa Araújo, a student in the 10th semester of History at UFRJ, was violently beaten by colleagues inside the historic building of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences in downtown Rio de Janeiro. The young man was pushed down a staircase and could have died. He was surrounded by dozens of people while being intimidated and attacked.
The men who carried out the beating began, on the following Wednesday night, a second attack against the victim — described as a "reputation assassination." The article suggests that the aggressors initiated a campaign to defame Diego Costa Araújo after the physical assault.
The case occurs in the context of a university environment in Rio de Janeiro, where Diego was described as a young man who suffered intimidation. The violence took place within a public higher education institution, on the campus of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences.
