Dozens of people have been killed in clashes in Brazil as police carry out raids to crack down on criminal gangs and drug traffickers
Police cars outside a hospital where people injured in a raid in a Rio favela are treated. Pic: AP.
At least 44 people have reportedly died in total after violent scenes in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo state and Bahia state. In Rio, police said nine people lost their lives during a raid where officers were attacked by armed men in the Penha slums complex. Among those killed were"Fiel" and"Du Leme", two alleged gang leaders in the impoverished Juramento and Chatuba favelas.People wait outside a hospital for the arrival of people injured in a Rio police raid. Pic: APPolice spokesperson Colonel Marco Andrade said:"Data from the intelligence sector indicated that a meeting was taking place between leaders of the criminal faction in the region."coastal cities of Guaruja and Santos in Sao Paulo state.
The clashes were sparked last Friday when a police officer, Patrick Bastos Reis, was shot dead while on patrol the day before in Guaruja.
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