By IANS
Rio de Janeiro : At least five suspected drug peddlers were killed in a clash with police in a shantytown of this Brazilian state, the Spanish news agency EFE said.
According to the official account, the five were killed resisting a police operation Tuesday in Vigario Geral, the same poor district where in August 1993 at least 21 people were killed by corrupt cops to avenge the deaths of four fellow officers.
The operation was aimed at dismantling groups that control the drug trade in the Vigario Geral and a neighbouring Favela.
Caught in the crossfire, an 18-year-old student was wounded in the right leg by a stray bullet.
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