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At least 60 people died after nearly 2,500 Brazilians Police And troops carry out massive raid on drug smuggling gang rio Of January.
eighty one Suspicious They were arrested in Tuesday’s operation, which led to the shootout and was described as the largest such raid in history.
Officials said this included helicopters and armored officers vehicles and targeted the notorious Red Command in the sprawling low-income villages of Complexo de Alemão and Penha.
Police did not give any confirmation deathsBut local media reports, including online news website G1, said large numbers of people had been killed.
An Associated Press journalist also saw the bodies of at least two police officers, among the 10 bodies brought to Penha’s Getulio Vargas hospital. An unknown number of people were injured.
In the footage available on social media, fire and smoke are seen rising from two fountains along with the sound of gunshots.
of the city education department Said that 46 schools in both the neighborhoods have been closed.
Claudio Castro, the conservative governor of Rio state, said the operation was the largest in the city’s history, and that the federal government should provide more assistance to combat crime.
Police said the coordination action was taken on Tuesday after a year-long investigation into the criminal group.