16 criminals were killed and an agent lost his life, while a woman received a stray bullet and also died
The Brazilian Civil Police confirmed this Thursday that at least 18 people have died during a police operation against organized crime in the Alemao favela in northern Rio de Janeiro. The police spokesman, Ivan Blaz, has reported that among the victims there is a 50-year-old woman, a military policeman and “16 criminals”as reported by ‘O Globo’.
“The situation in the region as a whole remains quite tense,” Blaz said. Thus, he explained that it was an operation “that was necessary due to the criminal actions that the marginalized of this community have been carrying out in different parts of the state of Rio de Janeiro”, adding that the traffickers “have greatly diversified their criminal activities, also carrying out robberies “.
The relatives of the woman who has deceased after a bullet impact When he was in his vehicle, they reported his death: “When we left there was a policeman at a traffic light, we stopped. Even so, the car was shot.” Also, police sources have reported that he has confiscated a machine gun, four rifles and two pistols.
400 agents from the Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE), members of the Military Police and the Coordination of Special Resources (Core) of the Civil Police have participated in the Operation, using four helicopters and ten vehicles.
Rio Governor Cláudio Castro has posted on Twitter that he wants criminals involved in violent actions during a police operation in the Alemao Complex to be taken to federal prisons.