Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva mentioned Tuesday that the police operation in opposition to a robust prison faction in Rio that left 121 useless was “a bloodbath.”
“There was a bloodbath, and I believe it is necessary to confirm the situations beneath which it occurred,” Lula mentioned within the Amazon metropolis of Belem throughout an interview with worldwide information companies, together with AFP.
The police raid last week in opposition to the Purple Command drug trafficking gang noticed 1000’s of officers battle closely armed males wearing camouflage, who dropped explosives on police from drones.
“Drones dropping bombs is now a development utilized by closely armed prison teams,” Carlos Photo voltaic from the Royal United Companies Institute told BBC News.
Rafael Soares, a journalist protecting crime in Rio, told BBC News Brasil final week that the Purple Command had been on the offensive in Rio in recent times, reclaiming territory it had misplaced to its rivals, First Capital Command.
Police footage launched by native media reveals members of the gang gearing up for the combat, with dozens streaming right into a forested space the place they clashed with elite safety forces, and the place most of the our bodies had been discovered the subsequent day. BBC News verified a number of movies exhibiting dozens of our bodies specified by a row in a market space of Rio, in its northern Penha district.
PABLO PORCIUNCULA/AFP through Getty Photos 
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