In the video aired by television, it was seen that the police came in armored vehicles and helicopters were flying over the area. At the same time, fire fighters are asking people to stay in homes.
Police raid on drug smuggler gang in Rio (AFP)
At least 25 people have died in a shootout between police and suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil’s largest cities. This is the deadliest police raid in the state so far. Police has given information about this. In the released video of this incident, it can be seen that in the Jacarezinho area of the city, people are trying to hide on the roofs to escape from the police.
In the video aired by television, it was seen that the police came in armored vehicles and helicopters were flying over the area. At the same time, fire fighters are asking people to stay in homes. Police said that a policeman was also among those killed. Apart from this, the other 24 people killed in this raid are members of suspected drug smuggling gang. This gang used to commit hooliganism in the Jacarinho slum. Its members used to harass people and snatch away their money too.
Human rights organizations condemned the police raid
This is the deadliest police raid in the state of Rio in the last 16 years. The state has faced drug-related violence for decades. Many human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, have criticized this bloodshed. Amnesty International criticized the police for the killings in this area of black and poor people and said that this is completely condemnable and unfair. The director of the organization, Jurema Varnek, said that all the people killed in this police operation are unfair. Genocide has actually been committed here.
Police chief said, these high number of people killed in the operation
Earlier, in 2005, 29 people died in the police raid that took place in the Baixda Fluminense area on the outskirts of Rio city. Police Chief Ronaldo Oliveira said that this is the highest number of people killed in the police operation in Rio. The last time in 2007, 19 people were killed in the raid at Complexo Alemo Slum, but during that time we had not lost any of our companions. However, this time in the police raid, we have lost one of our companions.
453 people killed by police in three months
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro have a constitutional obligation to supervise the police and to investigate criminal atrocities of the police. It has called for a thorough and independent investigation into the deaths. HRW said that in the first three months of this year, 453 people have died due to police action. Police say that this drug trafficking gang used to rob trucks loaded with goods. Also, trains were looted and looted with the passengers aboard.
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