During the liquidation of drug traffickers 12 people were killed

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A man shows a bag with marijuana, marked C.V. for Comando Vermelho (Red Commando), inside a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 24, 2016. Picture taken June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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In Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian soldiers carried out a special operation directed against the drug business, as a result of which 12 people were killed. Many people closed their homes because of fear of being shot. About this informs Reuters.

Raids directed against the drug business took place in several «most aggressive neighborhoods of the city», in which more than half a million people live. To liquidate drug traffickers sent 4200 soldiers and 70 police, as well as armored personnel carriers and aircraft.

«At least five civilians and one soldier were killed in gunfire in northern Rio de Janeiro. At least six suspected gangsters were also killed. Four people were killed in a shootout with police, and two others died in hospital», report said.

It is note
d that operation is continuing, therefore there is a threat of an increase in the number of victims.

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