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Images of military police cars outside Rio de Janeiro's State hospital Getulio Vargas where wounded suspects of a police operation are being treated. At least nine people died in a police operation targeting criminal gangs in a complex da penha favela in Rio de Janeiro, the latest in a series of deadly security force raids across Brazil. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro, May 6 (EFE).- The Civil Police of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday rejected allegations of abuse and of carrying out extrajudicial executions in an operation in a Rio de Janeiro favela that left 25 dead, one of the state's deadliest police raids.Shooting began early Thursday, soon after 200 police entered Jacarezinho, an impoverished, crime-ridden favela (shantytown) on Rio's north side, to arrest gang members.(Camera: JANAINA QUINET / ANDRÉ COELHO)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE AREA IN WHICH THE POLICE OPERATION TOOK PLACE IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.SOUND BITES: Ronaldo Oliveira"The Civil Police do not act out of emotion. It was a very well planned operation, which complied with all the protocols and was the result of ten months of investigation."
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), May 7 (EFE).- (Camera: Janaína Quinet) Residents of the Jacarezinho favela have accused Civil Police in the Brazilian state Rio de Janeiro of carrying out a “massacre” during a raid on the settlement that left 24 suspects and one police officer dead. “This was not an intelligence operation, it was a total massacre that forms part of the genocide underway in our country, and especially in our state,” Giovanna Almeida, a 22-year-old student, told Efe during a protest outside the Civil Police station. FOOTAGE OF A PROTEST IN FRON OD THE CIVIL POLICE FACILITIES IN RIO DE JANEIRO.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:MILENA SANTOS:"As a Carioca, woman, young, black and favela resident, my feeling is of repudiation, of sadness. It was the lives of 25 young people. Suspicious or not, people do not have to be murdered. These are crimes, it is state violence.""People died sitting down, they died inside houses. The images show the truth and from the direction of the blood you can see there was no exchange of shots. It was an execution, it was murder."GIOVANA ALMEIDA:“This was not an intelligence operation, it was a total massacre that forms part of the genocide underway in our country, and especially in our state.”
Brazilian authorities are on the scene near where a gunman held a busload of passengers hostage in Rio de Janeiro and was later shot dead by police, officials said, ending the hours-long hijacking. IMAGES
Brazilian star striker Neymar leaves a police station in Rio de Janeiro after giving a statement to police for posting intimate WhatsApp messages with Najila Trindade Mendes de Souza, who has accused him of rape, on social media. IMAGES
February in Brazil is synonymous with Carnival, one of the biggest and craziest street parties in the world. However, residents of Rio de Janeiro wanted to make sure that their faithful pooches wouldn't miss out on Carnival, and decided to warm up for the huge celebration by throwing a special mini-Carnival dedicated to dogs! Dog lovers dressed their furry friends in colorful Carnival-themed costumes and mingled in sunny Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.
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