Woman stabs hairdresser ‘for giving her a bad haircut’

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

The attack happened at the Casa Ferrare salon in Barra Funda, in 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 another client’s hair.

Eduardo, 29, appears to keep talking to her while continuing with the other 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 instantly jumps forward in pain as staff and security rush in before she can strike again.

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

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

Police officers arrived at the salon and spoke to those involved before detaining Lais.

A second stylist later emerged wearing plastic gloves, holding the knife reportedly used 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 at the salon on April 7 involving highlights and texturising.

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

But days later, she began complaining about her hair, demanding her money back, and sending threatening messages to the salon’s WhatsApp account, according to the police report.

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

Eduardo told police she later demanded he fix the alleged damage or refund the money. Staff said she returned to the salon without an appointment on Tuesday and became angry after being told there would 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 because of chemical use.

Salon staff denied that claim.

Lais admitted stabbing Eduardo after arguing about the refund, according to 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 a statement 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 should be treated as attempted murder.

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

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

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