At least 25 killed in police drug raid in Rio slum
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A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Rio de Janeiro
favela Thursday left at least 24 suspects and a policeman dead, Brazilian media
reports said.
AFP
The early-morning raid turned the impoverished neighborhood of Jacarezinho,
on Rio's north side, into a battlefield, with residents posting videos on
social media of explosions, heavy gunfire and helicopters hovering overhead.
Large groups of police could be seen streaming into the favela as frightened
residents tentatively went about their business once the gunfire died down, AFP
correspondents said.
At least two people were wounded when the subway car they were riding in was