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Police helicopter crashes in Brazil, killing four, after Rio shootout



Though police were able to push out drug traffickers and gangs from favelas for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, the state government, which is responsible for security in the region, faces a a budget shortfall of almost 20 billion reais ($5.91 billion, 5.58 billion euros).

A police spokesman said that the debris to ascertain the reason for the crash was being examined by forensics officers. Four police officers were killed on Saturday when their helicopter crashed in an anti-drug operation in the Brazilian coastal city of Rio de Janeiro. 

The helicopter fell in a populated area near City of God, but crashed in an open space near a major highway. Between January and October, 115 police officers were killed and 556 were injured in Rio state, majority while they were off duty, official figures show. Images on local television stations showed a white and blue helicopter broken in many pieces. Firefighters removed the bodies of the victims from the wreckage, which could be seen in the footage crumpled and smoking.

 If the helicopter was shot down by gang members, it would not be a first for the city, which hosted the 2016 Olympics. Since 2008, security forces have occupied several favelas that were in the hands of drug traffickers for 30 years and have also deployed the UPP in 264 impoverished, crime-hit neighborhoods housing more than a million people. 

The murder rate across Rio through September climbed nearly 18 per cent from the same period a year earlier, to 3,649 reported deaths, according to state statistics. Street crime, including crime on public transportation, jumped 44 percent. 

Though crime in Rio remains far lower than its peak in the 1980s and '90s, recent firefights and the crash yesterday recalled periods in which the city erupted in conflict.

source:    http://leglobaliste.com/
 
Brazilian police helicopter crashes, kills 4, after Rio shootout 20/11/2016 Copter crash kills four police near Rio slum after shootings Though police were able to push out drug traffickers and gangs from favelas for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, the state government, which is responsible for security in the region, faces a a budget shortfall of almost 20 billion reais ($5.91 billion, 5.58 billion euros). A police spokesman said that the debris to ascertain the reason for the crash was being examined by forensics officers. Four police officers were killed on Saturday when their helicopter crashed in an anti-drug operation in the Brazilian coastal city of Rio de Janeiro. The helicopter fell in a populated area near City of God, but crashed in an open space near a major highway. Between January and October, 115 police officers were killed and 556 were injured in Rio state, majority while they were off duty, official figures show. Images on local television stations showed a white and blue helicopter broken in many pieces. Firefighters removed the bodies of the victims from the wreckage, which could be seen in the footage crumpled and smoking. If the helicopter was shot down by gang members, it would not be a first for the city, which hosted the 2016 Olympics. Since 2008, security forces have occupied several favelas that were in the hands of drug traffickers for 30 years and have also deployed the UPP in 264 impoverished, crime-hit neighborhoods housing more than a million people. The murder rate across Rio through September climbed nearly 18 per cent from the same period a year earlier, to 3,649 reported deaths, according to state statistics. Street crime, including crime on public transportation, jumped 44 percent. Though crime in Rio remains far lower than its peak in the 1980s and '90s, recent firefights and the crash yesterday recalled periods in which the city erupted in conflict. LeGlobalIsTe http://leglobaliste.com/2016/11/20/brazilian-police-helicopter-crashes-kills-4-after-rio/
Brazilian police helicopter crashes, kills 4, after Rio shootout 20/11/2016 Copter crash kills four police near Rio slum after shootings Though police were able to push out drug traffickers and gangs from favelas for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, the state government, which is responsible for security in the region, faces a a budget shortfall of almost 20 billion reais ($5.91 billion, 5.58 billion euros). A police spokesman said that the debris to ascertain the reason for the crash was being examined by forensics officers. Four police officers were killed on Saturday when their helicopter crashed in an anti-drug operation in the Brazilian coastal city of Rio de Janeiro. The helicopter fell in a populated area near City of God, but crashed in an open space near a major highway. Between January and October, 115 police officers were killed and 556 were injured in Rio state, majority while they were off duty, official figures show. Images on local television stations showed a white and blue helicopter broken in many pieces. Firefighters removed the bodies of the victims from the wreckage, which could be seen in the footage crumpled and smoking. If the helicopter was shot down by gang members, it would not be a first for the city, which hosted the 2016 Olympics. Since 2008, security forces have occupied several favelas that were in the hands of drug traffickers for 30 years and have also deployed the UPP in 264 impoverished, crime-hit neighborhoods housing more than a million people. The murder rate across Rio through September climbed nearly 18 per cent from the same period a year earlier, to 3,649 reported deaths, according to state statistics. Street crime, including crime on public transportation, jumped 44 percent. Though crime in Rio remains far lower than its peak in the 1980s and '90s, recent firefights and the crash yesterday recalled periods in which the city erupted in conflict. LeGlobalIsTe http://leglobaliste.com/2016/11/20/brazilian-police-helicopter-crashes-kills-4-after-rio/
Though police were able to push out drug traffickers and gangs from favelas for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, the state government, which is responsible for security in the region, faces a a budget shortfall of almost 20 billion reais ($5.91 billion, 5.58 billion euros). A police spokesman said that the debris to ascertain the reason for the crash was being examined by forensics officers. Four police officers were killed on Saturday when their helicopter crashed in an anti-drug operation in the Brazilian coastal city of Rio de Janeiro. The helicopter fell in a populated area near City of God, but crashed in an open space near a major highway. Between January and October, 115 police officers were killed and 556 were injured in Rio state, majority while they were off duty, official figures show. Images on local television stations showed a white and blue helicopter broken in many pieces. Firefighters removed the bodies of the victims from the wreckage, which could be seen in the footage crumpled and smoking. If the helicopter was shot down by gang members, it would not be a first for the city, which hosted the 2016 Olympics. Since 2008, security forces have occupied several favelas that were in the hands of drug traffickers for 30 years and have also deployed the UPP in 264 impoverished, crime-hit neighborhoods housing more than a million people. The murder rate across Rio through September climbed nearly 18 per cent from the same period a year earlier, to 3,649 reported deaths, according to state statistics. Street crime, including crime on public transportation, jumped 44 percent. Though crime in Rio remains far lower than its peak in the 1980s and '90s, recent firefights and the crash yesterday recalled periods in which the city erupted in conflict. LeGlobalIsTe http://leglobaliste.com/2016/11/20/brazilian-police-helicopter-crashes-kills-4-after-rio/
Though police were able to push out drug traffickers and gangs from favelas for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, the state government, which is responsible for security in the region, faces a a budget shortfall of almost 20 billion reais ($5.91 billion, 5.58 billion euros). A police spokesman said that the debris to ascertain the reason for the crash was being examined by forensics officers. Four police officers were killed on Saturday when their helicopter crashed in an anti-drug operation in the Brazilian coastal city of Rio de Janeiro. The helicopter fell in a populated area near City of God, but crashed in an open space near a major highway. Between January and October, 115 police officers were killed and 556 were injured in Rio state, majority while they were off duty, official figures show. Images on local television stations showed a white and blue helicopter broken in many pieces. Firefighters removed the bodies of the victims from the wreckage, which could be seen in the footage crumpled and smoking. If the helicopter was shot down by gang members, it would not be a first for the city, which hosted the 2016 Olympics. Since 2008, security forces have occupied several favelas that were in the hands of drug traffickers for 30 years and have also deployed the UPP in 264 impoverished, crime-hit neighborhoods housing more than a million people. The murder rate across Rio through September climbed nearly 18 per cent from the same period a year earlier, to 3,649 reported deaths, according to state statistics. Street crime, including crime on public transportation, jumped 44 percent. Though crime in Rio remains far lower than its peak in the 1980s and '90s, recent firefights and the crash yesterday recalled periods in which the city erupted in conflict. LeGlobalIsTe http://leglobaliste.com/2016/11/20/brazilian-police-helicopter-crashes-kills-4-after-rio/

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