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Police say at least 29 people have died in the northern area of the city since this weekend, just two weeks after Rio won the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Eduardo Naddar) Associated Press Writer / October 21, 2009
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- News Source: Press TV | about 1 month agoOfficers say a "drug war" is currently underway in several northern slums of the city, whose image as host for the 2016 Olympic Games has been tarnished by the bloody confrontations. The violence erupted on Saturday when rival gangs fought for...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month agoPolice in Rio expanded a crackdown on gangs beyond the area hit by a wave of killings that has claimed at least 32 lives since the weekend, officials said on Wednesday. The clashes came less than three weeks after the city was awarded the 2016...
- News Source: The Boston Globe | about 1 month agoPolice say at least 29 people have died in the northern area of the city since this weekend, just two weeks after Rio won the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Eduardo Naddar) Associated Press Writer / October 21, 2009
- News Source: Xinhuanet.com | about 1 month agoThree men were killed in a shooting between drug dealers and the police in a Rio shantytown in the early hours of Wednesday, bringing to 29 the total number of deaths in the conflicts which have been plaguing the city since the last weekend.
- News Source: Reuters | about 1 month agoPolice killed three suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, bringing to 29 the total number of deaths since the city's worst recent outbreak of violence erupted over the weekend. The three suspects were killed after they opened...
- News Source: Xinhuanet.com | about 1 month agoTwenty-five people have been confirmed dead so far in fierce clashes between drug gangs and police over the weekend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second largest city. Local police lately found the body of a man with several bruises and bullet...
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- Blog Source: crimeglob.comDeath toll in Rio de Janeiro drug violence reaches 25. Rio de Janeiro, 21 October 2009: Twenty-five people have been confirmed dead so far in fierce clashes between drug gangs and police over the weekend in Rio de Janeiro, ...
- Blog Source: blog.riopoint.comPosted in October 20th, 2009. by Editor in Sports |. Just weeks after Rio de Janeiro was selected to host the 2016 Olympic Games, drug bandits shot down a police helicopter. Violence in the Newest Olympic City Rattles Brazil ...
- Blog Source: alterdestiny.blogspot.comThis past weekend, violence in Rio's favelas flared up, with ugly results: Some 2000 police officers patrolled the streets of Rio de Janeiro Sunday after a bloody confrontation between rival drug gangs and authorities that killed 14 ...
- Blog Source: www.acouplethings.comNYT > World: Violence in the Newest Olympic City Rattles Brazil. This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World, available at NYT > World. Weeks after Rio de Janeiro was selected to host the Olympics, drug bandits shot ...
- Blog Source: halohalo.phRio de Janeiro plunged into chaos on saturday when they fought a battle with drug traffickers in the Jacarezinho slums. The traffickers shot down a police.
- Blog Source: www.thedailybeast.comTwo weeks after being named host of the 2016 Olympics, Rio de Janeiro is confronting an outburst in violence. This weekend, police say drug traffickers wie.
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