Rio police raids kill 64
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Four police officers are among the dead in a large-scale operation against organised crime. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Several civil society groups and public security experts criticized the heavy casualties of the military-style raid.
A large-scale operation against organized crime in Rio de Janeiro resulted in at least 20 deaths, including two police officers. This comes just days before major events tied to the COP30 global climate summit in Brazil.