Twin sisters were on Wednesday, 14th July, shot dead on the side of a road in Brazil in gang execution livestreamed on Instagram.

The 18-year-old victims, identified as Amália Alves and Amanda Alves, were found dead on the side of a road behind a housing complex in Pacajus, Ceará, last Wednesday morning, hours after they killed in Ceará, Brazil.

Video footage captured the twin teenage mother kneeling next to each other on the dirt street.

Both apparently were forced to hold up their hair in a bun before Mateus Abreu, 17, fired a shot behind each of their heads.

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While authorities have not provided a motive for the executions, newspaper Jornal de Brasília reported that the twin sisters were killed because they were aware of incidents involving local drug dealers.

The Ceará Civil Police has been able to arrest only one suspect, 17-year-old Mateus Abreu for the double murder of 18-year-old identical twin sisters Amanda Alves and Amália Alves.

Abreu then fired two more shots on one of the girls and and subsequently stood over the other victim and pumped four more bullets at her.

Neighborhood residents alerted the police after discovering the bodies at the location where they were assassinated.

Amanda Alves leaves behind a three-year-old daughter. Amália Alves was a mother to a six-month-old son.

Abreu was arrested by the Ceará Civil Police later Wednesday.

Brazilian newspaper Diario do Noreste reported that the teen suspect had seven prior arrests for unlawful possession of a gun, theft and intentional bodily injury in 2020 and this year.

Mateus Abreu, 17, is the only person in connection to the killings of 18-year-old identical twin sisters, Amanda Alves and Amália Alves, who has been captured since he was seen on a video, streamed lived on Instagram, firing at the victims