“They wanted to kill me”, says right-wing young man attacked at Unifesp

Reserve soldier and right-wing political activist, young Kleber Ribeiro was attacked by students at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), in Guarulhos (SP), when he displayed the Israeli flag during a pro-Palestinian event held on the university’s premises. , on Wednesday (20).

Kleber was pushed, hanged and threatened by the students who expelled him from the place. Kleber is not a student at Unifesp, but said he was invited by students who do not agree with the academic community’s defense of Hamas terrorism.

“They came up, they wanted to kill me. I felt like the Jews in 1945 fleeing from Nazism”, reported Kleber when talking to the People’s Gazettethis Friday (22).

In the recording made by Kleber it is possible to see the moment in which he enters the classroom where the pro-Palestine event was taking place and displays the Israeli flag, but is immediately interrupted with shouting, insults and pushing.

During the attacks, the students tried to take the flag from Kleber, who had the support of a friend to record the confusion.

“Nazism began like this, anesthetizing morals and corrupting ethics, and thinking that everything is normal even something abnormal”, said Kleber when publishing the video of the attacks on the social network.

Before entering the event, Kleber filmed graffiti on the university walls apologizing for the communist dictator, Josef Stalin, and the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB).

After the incident, Kleber was associated with the Movimento Brasil Livre (MBL). A People’s GazetteKleber said he has no connection with the MBL or any political party.

On his social networks, Kleber displays photos alongside former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and produces videos with complaints related to the municipality of Guarulhos, and videos in which he is attacked, on several occasions, by leftists.

Kleber informed Gazeta that he contacted the police after the confusion at Unifesp and that the case will be investigated.

Wanted by People’s GazetteUnifesp said that Kleber “entered the Guarulhos Campus, interrupting and damaging the progress of an academic activity” and that it is investigating the case.

Read the Unifesp note in full

The Federal University of São Paulo informs that on March 20th, an external member of the university community entered the Guarulhos Campus, interrupting and harming the progress of an academic activity. The Rectory together with the Campus Management are taking the appropriate measures with the competent authorities to investigate the facts and forward the measures

Unifesp reiterates that it is a space for broad and unrestricted discussion of different points of view on topics directly linked to everyday social life and does not accept any forms of violence, constraint on the free expression of thought or disruption of the academic environment.