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Rio police face fury after bloody raid leading to 25 deaths
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Fri, May 07, 2021
Residentes protest after a police operation against alleged drug traffickers at the Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 06, 2021. A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela Thursday left 25 people dead, turning the impoverished Rio de Janeiro neighborhood into a battlefield and drawing condemnation from rights groups. AFP/Mauro Pimentel
RIO DE JANEIRO: Police in Brazil faced outraged protests and a UN call for an investigation Friday after a raid on a Rio de Janeiro favela left 25 people dead some reportedly killed in cold blood.
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Rio police face fury, calls for probe after bloody raid sees 28 people killed A woman protests against a passing police patrol in Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro, on May 7, 2021, a day after the deadly raid.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
UpdatedMay 8, 2021, 10:54 pm
PublishedMay 8, 2021, 3:00 am SGT
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Police kill 25, draw ire in shoot-out in favela in Rio
DEADLY OPERATION: Police said that the people killed in the raid were ‘suspects,’ but rights groups said that authorities label anyone killed by police as ‘criminals’
AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO
A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela on Thursday left 25 people dead, turning the impoverished Rio de Janeiro neighborhood into a battlefield and drawing condemnation from rights groups.
A policeman was among those killed in the early morning raid on Jacarezinho, on Rio’s north side, where residents awoke to explosions, heavy gunfire and helicopters overhead.