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Chopper down, 16 dead, Rio mayor aims for peaceful Olympics

Violence in rife in Rio with 6,000 murders in 2008

Source: AFP

Violence in rife in Rio with 6,000 murders in 2008

In the most dramatic incident two policemen died when their helicopter was shot down as it hovered near rival drug gangs who were having a shoot-out in the Morro dos Macacos slum in the north of the city. The incident triggered an assault on slums by police and an intense firefight with gangs that led to...

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