Rio sees deadliest police raid since 2005

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier
Updated May 7 2021 - 11:49am, first published 11:45am
Suspects tried to flee over rooftops as police arrived in armoured vehicles in the Jacarezinho slum.
Suspects tried to flee over rooftops as police arrived in armoured vehicles in the Jacarezinho slum.

At least 25 people have been killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro, one of the state's deadliest police raids, police say.

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