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Gunmen Kill 30 in Brazil Attacks
At least 30 people have been
killed in two impoverished suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, in what is
suspected to be the work of vengeful police officers.
The local public safety department says the killings occurred late
Thursday in Nova Iguacu and Queimados, two crime-infested suburbs 35
kilometers northwest of Rio.
The department officials say there are strong indications that the
massacres could have been a reprisal, for the arrest of eight police
officers suspected of killing two men in police station.
They added that the killings were apparently committed within several
minutes of each other by the same group of heavily armed men.
In Queimados, the gunmen mowed down 12 people. In nearby Nova Iguacu, 18
people were killed at a bar.
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