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Marielle arrived at the Casa das Pretas, on rua dos Inválidos, in Lapa, to mediate a debate promoted by the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) with young black women, around 7:00 pm. According to images obtained by the police, a Cobalt with a Nova Iguaçu license plate, a city in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro, was parked near ...
Authorities in Brazil launched an investigation after three women died and several others were hospitalized after a family ate an arsenic-laced Christmas cake, police told local media. The three ...
The murder of Isabella de Oliveira Nardoni was one of the most infamous filicide cases in Brazil. On the night of 29 March 2008, the five-year-old girl Isabella died from severe injuries after being thrown out of the sixth floor of the building where her father Alexandre Alves Nardoni, stepmother Anna Carolina Trotta Peixoto Jatobá, and newborn half-siblings lived in North São Paulo.
A woman was killed by a stray bullet in the community of Chatuba, neighbouring Vila Cruzeiro. Gabrielle Ferreira da Cunha was 41 years old and was shot in her home. [18] Apart from her, at least 25 people are dead, all being considered by the police as suspects. [15] Residents report that one of the victims was stabbed to death by the police.
The steep rise in police violence has been celebrated by President Jair Bolsonaro, who has pushed for laws that would provide immunity for officers who commit homicide in the line of duty.
Friends and family of a young pregnant woman killed by a stray bullet during a police shootout with alleged criminals in Rio de Janeiro gathered to mourn on Wednesday. For them and other residents ...
One police officer was killed and two wounded. Two passengers on a nearby metro train were hit by bullets fired during the shootout. [8] The shootout resulted in the highest-ever death toll from a police raid in Rio de Janeiro. [10] Rio police detective Felipe Curi told reporters that several criminals attempted to hide in neighbouring residences.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Police in Rio de Janeiro killed at least nine people in a raid on Wednesday, in the latest example of deadly violence by Brazil's security officials after 16 people died ...