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Bricklayer Killed by Police in Rio’s Vila Kennedy; Protest Blocks Traffic on Av. Brasil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A man was killed on Tuesday morning, September 3rd, while working on a rooftop in Vila Kennedy, a community in Rio's West Zone. The victim is bricklayer José Pio Baía Junior, 45, nicknamed "Juninho".

In a video shared on social media, a man who identified himself as the owner of the establishment where José worked said the bricklayer was shot while "raising" the roof over the Varandão bar, located at the intersection of Ghana and Ethiopia streets, approximately 50 meters from Avenida Brasil.

The residents are accusing the state police of shooting the . . .

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