The owner of the Brazilian nightclub where 235 died in an horrific fire last weekend has tried to commit suicide in hospital, it has been reported.
Elissandro Spohr, 28, was under arrest following the tragic blaze at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, in the south of the country.
He was being held in hospital in the nearby city of Cruz Alta, where he reportedly tried to take his own life but was stopped by officers.
Inspector Marcelo Arigony from the Civil Police in Santa Maria said: ‘He is OK and has now been handcuffed to the bed to avoid further attempts.’
Doctors said Spohr was suffering from severe depression which had left him ’emotionally compromised’.
Spohr has been the target of abuse and intense criticism from the friends and relatives of the victims, who are demanding answers over the fire and calling for tighter controls to be introduced.
Spohr was one of four people arrested including two members of the band Gurizada Fandangueira, which had been performing when the fire started.
Spohr’s business partner and Kiss co-owner Mauro Hoffman later handed himself in to police.
The fire is understood to have started during a pyrotechnic display accompanying the band’s performance. The Kiss nightclub was not equipped with a fire alarm, sprinkler system or fire escapes.
When a band member tried to put out a fire that had been started by pyrotechnics, the extinguisher didn’t work.
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