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.
The early-morning raid turned the impoverished neighbourhood 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.
Residentes protest after a police operation against alleged drug traffickers at the Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 06, 2021. Photo: AFP
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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