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NEWS UPDATE: 8/13/2016
On Thursday, in response to the attack, a major police operation took place in the area and one resident, 19-year-old Igor Barbosa Gregorio Augusto, died after being shot by police along with two others in a neighboring area. His parents told local television stations he had no crime links and was only playing football on the street.
Meanwhile, residents of the Complexo do Alemão favela in the city's north, have had to dodge four gun battles in as many days. In the latest struggle overnight, police from the favela pacification unit which is designed to maintain order in communities ridden with drug trafficking, were attacked. No one was hurt or arrested, police told local website G1, but the community's transport link, a cable car, remained closed on Friday morning.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/83...ela-attack
A 15-year-old boy and a 22-year old man were killed during the police operation in the Bandeira 2 community.
http://stocknewsusa.com/2016/08/12/a-str...pic-games/
On Thursday, in response to the attack, a major police operation took place in the area and one resident, 19-year-old Igor Barbosa Gregorio Augusto, died after being shot by police along with two others in a neighboring area. His parents told local television stations he had no crime links and was only playing football on the street.
Meanwhile, residents of the Complexo do Alemão favela in the city's north, have had to dodge four gun battles in as many days. In the latest struggle overnight, police from the favela pacification unit which is designed to maintain order in communities ridden with drug trafficking, were attacked. No one was hurt or arrested, police told local website G1, but the community's transport link, a cable car, remained closed on Friday morning.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/83...ela-attack
A 15-year-old boy and a 22-year old man were killed during the police operation in the Bandeira 2 community.
http://stocknewsusa.com/2016/08/12/a-str...pic-games/