More die amid Rio slum violence
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The fighting erupted at the weekend when a police helicopter was shot down by suspected drug traffickers. Gun battles have since erupted between drug gangs and hundreds of heavily armed police deployed to find those behind the attack. The violence comes just weeks after Rio was chosen to stage the 2016...
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- News Source: Chicago Tribune | about 1 month agoBrazil will find ways to ensure the safety of Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge said on Thursday, after an outbreak of violence raised questions over the Games' security. Thirty-three...
- News Source: BBC | about 1 month agoThe fighting erupted at the weekend when a police helicopter was shot down by suspected drug traffickers. Gun battles have since erupted between drug gangs and hundreds of heavily armed police deployed to find those behind the attack. The violence...
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- Blog Source: officerresource.combetween two opposing drug gangs, in a Rio de Janeiro slum October 17, 2009. A police helicopter was shot down here on Saturday during a drug traffickers shoot-out, which claimed two police officers and 10 suspected gangsters, said ...
- Blog Source: www.theepochtimes.comA police armored car stands by at the Sao Joao slum entrance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 18, 2009. Brazilian officials are insisting security won't be a problem for the 2016 Olympics despite drug-gang violence that plunged Rio ...
- Blog Source: www.federaljack.comPolice inspect the remains of one of their crime-fighting helicopters lying in a soccer field after it was shot down when trying to intervene in a battle between two opposing drug gangs, in a Rio de Janeiro slum October 17, 2009. ...
- Blog Source: www.usposttoday.comTwo Brazilian policemen were killed on Saturday after their helicopter came under fire from suspected traffickers in a Rio slum. The aircraft made a forced landing in the Morro dos Mocacos favela after the pilot was shot in the leg, ...
- Blog Source: network.nationalpost.com(Photo: Police inspect the remains of one of their crime-fighting helicopters lying in a soccer field after it was shot down when trying to intervene in a battle between two opposing drug gangs in a Rio de Janeiro slum on Saturday. ...
- Blog Source: brazilportal.wordpress.comPolice said Sunday that they killed two other suspected drug traffickers in overnight clashes near the Morro dos Macacos (”Monkey Hill”) slum where the gangs fought for territory a day earlier. But the area was largely peaceful. ...
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