At least 11 killed in police raid on Rio de Janeiro slum

By DPA

Rio de Janeiro : At least 11 people died Thursday in Brazil during a police raid on a slum on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.


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The operation led by the civilian police was aimed at a drug gang that worked within the Coreia slum, known as a favela, in the Senador Camara neighbourhood, according to preliminary official reports.

The authorities did not immediately give details of the raid and did not say whether any police officers or passers-by were among those killed.

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