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‘Massacre’: 121 killed in deadly police raids in Brazil amid crackdown on drug gangs | ...

Protests erupted in Brazil on Wednesday after at least 121 people were killed in a deadly police operation on drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro a day before. The raids turned into shootouts between cops and members of organised crime groups, Bloomberg reported citing Rio state officials. Among those who were killed in the carnage were also four police officers. Complexo de Penha favela residents protest in front of the Guanabara Palace against a deadly police operation on alleged drug traffickers of the Comando Vermelho gang, in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday.(AP) The raids reportedly targeted a gang called Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, in Rio de Janeiro, according to...


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