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

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

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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...

Tags: Rio de Janeiro, Morro dos Macacos, deaths toll, drug gangs, UK Sport, bloody clashes