Man’s hand severed with machete before son shoots neighbor in Manacapuru, Brazil.
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A violent fight between neighbors in rural Manacapuru, Brazil, left one man with his hand severed and another wounded by gunfire on Friday, April 10, 2026.
The confrontation happened in the Canabuoca II community, in the municipality of Manacapuru, about 42 miles from Manaus, in Amazonas state. Local reports identified the man whose hand was cut off as Vanderlan da Silva Pinheiro. The other man was identified as Denival Pinheiro de Azevedo, 53.
The video from the scene shows the aftermath of the attack near a wooden house. People can be seen recovering the severed hand from the ground while a man holding a shotgun says he acted to defend his father. The footage directly shows the severed hand, the firearm and the immediate reaction after the violence. It does not show the full beginning of the fight or establish the motive by itself.
According to relatives cited in local reporting, the confrontation may have started over a money dispute. That claim has not been confirmed in an official public statement found in open sources.
Local reports say Vanderlan was struck with a terçado, a large machete-like blade commonly used in rural areas of Brazil. The blow severed his hand during the fight.
After seeing his father injured, Vanderlan’s son, whose name was not released in the available reports, allegedly fired a 12-gauge shotgun at Denival. One report said the shots hit Denival in the ear and left leg. Another report said the gunfire struck his leg and that the injury was severe enough to require hospital care.
The son appears in the video with the shotgun and says he acted in self-defense. That statement is his own claim on the recording, not a legal conclusion. Whether the shooting is treated as self-defense depends on the police investigation, the weapon’s origin and the full sequence of events before and during the fight.
Both injured men were taken to a hospital in Manacapuru after the confrontation. Local reports said Vanderlan was expected to be transferred to Manaus for specialized medical treatment and surgery because of the severity of the amputation. Another report said doctors were evaluating the possibility of attempting to reattach the severed hand.
Denival was also reported to have received hospital care after the shooting. One later local report said his condition was serious and that the shotgun injury to the leg caused bone damage. That detail appeared in later reporting and was not confirmed by an official medical bulletin found in open sources.
No official public record found in open sources confirmed a final medical outcome for either man. There was also no verified public confirmation of arrests, formal charges, seizure of the shotgun or seizure of the blade.
Local reports said the Polícia Civil do Amazonas was expected to investigate the case. The reported lines of inquiry include the circumstances of the machete attack, the shotgun blast, the son’s self-defense claim and the origin of the firearm used in the shooting.
The case involves at least two separate acts under investigation: the blade attack that severed Vanderlan’s hand and the shotgun shooting that wounded Denival. Available information does not establish, through an official source, who started the fight, whether the shooting meets the legal standard for self-defense or whether any person had been formally charged.
News story written by DarkGore.
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