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The United Nations said it was “deeply disturbed” by the killings of 28 people during a raid on a Rio slum
Police in Brazil on Friday were accused of human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings during an hour-long gun battle in a Rio de Janeiro favela the previous day that left 28 people dead.
A Supreme Court Justice on Friday called for an investigation into the police raid which rights groups said was the deadliest ever in a city notorious for its violent crime.
Justice Edson Fachin ordered the federal and state prosecutors to investigate two videos circulating on social media that appeared to show police killing indiscriminately in Rio’s impoverished neighborhood of Jacarezinho.
People attend a protest against police violence outside Jacarezinho slum after a police operation which resulted in 25 deaths in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 7, 2021. Banners read: Justice for Jacarezinho and Stop killing us. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Supreme Court justice called on Friday for Brazil s top prosecutor to investigate Rio de Janeiro s deadliest police raid in over a decade, which has drawn condemnation from the United Nations, human rights groups and local activists.
The shootout killed a police officer and 24 others in Rio s Jacarezinho neighborhood on Thursday. Police said it was the deadliest operation in Rio state since a 2005 raid on the city s northern outskirts.