Massive Police Raid On Rio Favela Leaves At Least 22 Dead
May 26, 2022
12:24 pm
A massive unannounced anti-crime operation by a Brazil special Police division in a Rio de Janeiro slum has left at least 22 people dead. This raid comes a year after the bloodiest-ever favela raid in the city’s history.
A further seven people were hospitalized, according to health officials, while police said one of the victims was a female bystander felled by a stray bullet.
Military police said they came under gunfire as they approached the northern Rio slum of Vila Cruzeiro in the early morning hours with the mission of locating and arresting “criminal leaders.”
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