[Excerpt: Authorities say they are looking at the possible role of what they call rogue police, in a potential act of reprisal for recent arrests of eight officers....Rights groups accuse police of carrying out a 1993 massacre in the state.]
http://212.58.240.132/1/hi/world/americas/4401525.stm Last Updated: Friday, 1 April, 2005, 15:01 GMT 16:01 UK Brazil death squad 'guns down 30' A death squad has killed at least 30 people in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, police say. Several teenagers and a child were among those gunned down on Thursday night in towns in the districts of Queimados and Nova Iguacu. Authorities say they are looking at the possible role of what they call rogue police, in a potential act of reprisal for recent arrests of eight officers. Rights groups accuse police of carrying out a 1993 massacre in the state. Twenty-one people were killed. 'Rain of gunfire' Rio Public Security Secretary Marcelo Itagiba said he suspected the involvement of military police in Thursday's incident. "The Security Secretariat is working with the hypothesis that this massacre was an act of reprisal for operation Navalha na Carne," he said. Witnesses told reporters that the gunmen pulled up and opened fire, leaving victims no time to escape. "It was very quick. I got up to my house and went down the hallway when I heard a rain of gunfire," Creuza Regina said. In Nova Iguacu the attackers targeted a bar, in what Brazilian reports describe as a drive-by shooting. Rio is one of the most violent cities in the world. Rival drugs gangs are in control of many slum areas, known as favelas. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
