Woman stabs her own hairdresser after ‘getting bad haircut’ | News World

That is the moment a salon client pulled a kitchen knife from her bag and stabbed a hairstylist within the back after complaining that he had ruined her hair.

The attack happened on the Casa Ferrare salon in Barra Funda, within the west zone of São Paulo, Brazil, on May 5.

CCTV footage shows Lais Gabriela Barbosa da Cunha, 27, standing beside hairstylist Eduardo Ferrari as he works on one other client’s hair.

Eduardo, 29, appears to maintain talking to her while continuing with the opposite appointment.

Lais then suddenly reaches into her bag, pulls out what appears to be a kitchen knife, and drives it into Eduardo’s back.

The shocked hairstylist immediately jumps forward in pain as staff and security rush in before she will strike again.

Employees managed to restrain Lais and wrestle the knife away from her as other people within the salon crowded around Eduardo.

Later footage showed Lais being held by two men outside the shop while Eduardo stood nearby, still visibly shaken.

Cops arrived on the salon and spoke to those involved before detaining Lais.

A second stylist later emerged wearing plastic gloves, holding the knife reportedly utilized in the attack.

Footage also shows a small puncture wound in Eduardo’s back where the blade had entered his body.

Local media reported that Lais had undergone a hair procedure on the salon on April 7 involving highlights and texturising.

Witnesses told police she initially left the salon blissful with the result and even posted compliments online.

But days later, she began complaining about her hair, demanding her a refund, and sending threatening messages to the salon’s WhatsApp account, based on the police report.

One administrative employee reportedly told officers that Lais had said she desired to ‘set fire’ to the hairstylist.

Eduardo told police she later demanded he fix the alleged damage or refund the cash. Staff said she returned to the salon without an appointment on May 5 and have become offended after being told there could be no refund.

Security had reportedly been called to remove her when she pulled the knife from her bag.

Lais later claimed in videos that Eduardo had chopped at her hair with a razor-scissor and left her fringe looking like a cartoon character, and claimed she was given a ‘chemical cut’, meaning her hair broke due to chemical use.

Salon staff denied that claim.

Lais admitted stabbing Eduardo after arguing concerning the refund, based on Sao Paulo’s Public Security Secretariat.

Eduardo suffered a superficial wound and underwent a forensic medical examination, and the knife was seized by the police.

The salon said in an announcement that Eduardo was deeply shaken but well and out of danger.

But Eduardo’s team said they disagreed with the case being treated as bodily injury and argued it ought to be treated as attempted murder.

The salon said: ‘We cannot normalise or silence situations like this. Attempted murder is incredibly serious and have to be punished.’

The salon suspended appointments temporarily after the attack, and the case has been sent to the Special Criminal Court and stays under investigation.

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