20 dead in Rio de Janeiro shootout

Rio de Janeiro, May 6 At least 20 people, including a police officer, died on Thursday in a shootout during a police operation against drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarezinho shanty town, O Globo newspaper reported on its website....

Tribune Web Desk

Updated At : 02:58 AM May 07, 2021 IST

Rio de Janeiro, May 6

At least 20 people, including a police officer, died on Thursday in a shootout during a police operation against drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarezinho shanty town, O Globo newspaper reported on its website.

Two passengers on a metro train were also wounded in the shooting in the northern Rio neighbourhood, the newspaper said. — Reuters

20 dead in Rio de Janeiro shootout

Tribune Web Desk

Live Matches