Second Taylor Swift fan, 25, dies in Rio de Janeiro stabbing after popstar’s run of concerts in Brazil was blighted by the heatstroke death of 23-year-old in ’59 degrees C heatwave’

A second Taylor Swift fan has died in Rio de Janeiro after being fatally stabbed after attending the pop star’s Eras Tour last night.

Gabriel Milhomem Santos was murdered just hours after attending the global tour at the Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium in the Brazilian city.

The 25-year-old, who was wearing a ‘Swifities’ friendship bracelet, was reportedly stabbed to death as he rested on the sofa. famous Copacabana beach in the early hours of Sunday morning.

It is the second tragedy to occur during this period The singer’s three-day stay in Rio, after a 23-year-old woman suffered cardiac arrest during the concert, while the temperature in the city rose to 59 degrees Celsius, as locals said, due to high humidity.

Relatives said Gabriel will be buried tomorrow in his hometown in the western state of Mato Gross do Sul, wearing the clothes he specially made to see his idol’s show.

The South American city does an unprecedented heat wave was experienced and fans were reportedly not allowed to bring water to the highly anticipated concert despite the sweltering temperatures.

Ana Clara Benevides, 23, fainted in the front row and was given CPR by doctors at the scene, but failed to revive her.

She was transported to a hospital, where she suffered a second cardiac arrest and died.

Footage from the concert shows Swift begging stadium staff to give her fans water. At one point during the show, the singer stopped the performance and threw a water bottle into the audience.

Benevides was taken to Salgado Filho Municipal Hospital but died shortly afterwards.

In the aftermath, fans claimed they were banned from bringing water into the venue, but this has not been verified.

In a handwritten note on Instagram, Swift spoke of her shock and announced that she would be canceling her performance on Saturday night, explaining that the risks were too great for the show to go ahead.

“I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but it is with her broken heart that I say that earlier tonight, before my show, we lost a fan. I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this,” she wrote.

“I’m not going to be able to talk about this from the stage because I feel overwhelmed with sadness when I even try to talk about it.

“I want to say now that I feel this loss deeply, and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring the show to Brazil.”

A terrifying clip shared on TikTok appeared to show Swift struggling to breathe as temperatures in the arena rose to more than 37 degrees Celsius. In the 11-second clip, Swift is seen hurriedly taking seven breaths before launching into another hit song.

“There were people crying, people throwing tantrums, hoping it was all a lie, in short it was terrible,” said student Victor Guimaraes, who was waiting in line again on Sunday to watch the singer’s performance .

Swift mega-fan Gabriel had traveled to Rio from Belo Horizonte, where he studied aeronautical engineering, to see the singer’s show.

He was with two nieces when the group decided to go to the famous Copacabana Beach early Sunday morning to swim in the sea.

According to his cousins, Gabriel had fallen asleep in the sand when three robbers approached the group, and was stabbed when he suddenly woke up in the middle of the attack.

The robbers took the keys to the group’s rental property and two mobile phones, but two were later arrested by police.

Two of the robbers, Alan Ananias Calvacante and Anderson Henriques Brandão, had been released hours earlier after being arrested for stealing 80 bars of chocolate.

A third man, Jonathan Batista Barbosa, who is believed to have 10 other crimes to his name, is still on the run.

Taylor Swift has yet to comment on the latest death of one of her fans.