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Police Clashes Leave Two Dead in Rio’s Rocinha Favela

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The favela community of Rocinha, in São Conrado, in the Zona Sul (South Zone) of Rio de Janeiro, was once again the scene of shootings at dawn yesterday (October 6th). According to the Polícia Militar (PM), there was an intense firefight and two people were shot.

Government news agencies report that officers from the PM's Shock Battalion clashed with criminals on the Rua 2 in Rocinha. After the confrontation, the accused criminals died from their injuries at the hospital, and the police made searches in the area and . . .

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