A taxi driver has been stabbed to death at a set of traffic lights in a gruesome crime.
Samira Albino Ribeiro was knifed in the chest when she told armed thieves she did not have her mobile phone on her.
The seriously injured 32-year-old was able to continue driving to a nearby petrol station to ask for help while her passenger called the emergency services.
But she died after the horrific attack in Ceará State, Brazil.
The fatal stabbing happened in Fortaleza on Wednesday night.
Samira's family said she was with a passenger when she stopped at the traffic lights and two men approached her, demanding her mobile phone.
When she told them she did not have her device with her, she was stabbed in the chest.
Rafael Keylon, director of the App Drivers Association of the State of Ceará, said: “They asked for her phone, she said she didn't have it and from outside the car one [of the robbers] struck her twice.”
Despite being injured, Samira tried to drive to a hospital, but lost control on the BR-116 motorway and hit a signpost.
She reportedly made it to a service station to seek help.
A family member, who wished to remain anonymous, told local media: “The passengers in the car with her called for an ambulance and contacted the family.”
The emergency services arrived on the scene and the stabbed cab driver was taken to the Hospital Doutor José Frota where she later succumbed to her injuries.
Samira, who worked as an accountant and drove a cab in the evenings to supplement her income, was buried at the Metropolitan Garden Cemetery in Eusébio on December 1.
No arrests have been made yet as the investigation continues.
