At least eight killed as Brazilian police carry out lethal favela raid
Al Jazeera
Brazilian police say that raid in Rio de Janeiro targeted a leader of Red Command, a powerful criminal group.
At least eight people have been killed during a police raid on a neighbourhood in the centre of Rio de Janeiro, continuing a trend of deadly operations in poor favela communities.
Brazilian police authorities said that Wednesday’s raid killed Claudio Augusto dos Santos, a commander of the powerful criminal group Comando Vermelho, or Red Command.
Military police chief Marcelo Menezes Nogueira said that the raid resulted in a “major armed confrontation”. Dos Santos and six other suspected criminals were killed, and a local resident was reportedly caught in the crossfire after being taken hostage.
Local witnesses described individuals affiliated with the Red Command retaliating against the raid by blocking roads and setting a bus on fire.
“They boarded, told me to get the passengers off, and set the bus on fire. It all happened very fast,” bus driver Marcio Souza told the news service AFP.
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