Foreign tourist causes chaos and is arrested for assaulting woman and vandalizing Copacabana

A foreign tourist sparked mayhem on the night of March 11 in Copacabana, an iconic neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone, by assaulting an elderly woman, vandalizing public property, and damaging parked cars and motorcycles along Avenida Prado Júnior. Visibly intoxicated and out of control, the man was detained by the Rio de Janeiro Military Police (PMERJ) after attempting to flee the scene. The incident, recorded at the 12th Police Precinct (Copacabana), sparked outrage among witnesses and went viral on social media, with videos showing the individual kicking street signs, breaking car mirrors, and clashing with people trying to stop him. The police intervention ended the rampage with his…