Four military police officers fatally shot five youths on Sunday and allegedly tampered with crime scene in latest incident in city’s long list of police killingsFour military police officers in Rio de Janeiro acquire been taken into custody following allegations that they killed five black and mixed-race youths from a favela and then doctored the crime scene to make it appear like self-defence.
The latest incident in a horrifyingly long list of killings by Rio’s police – which is far higher than that of any US city – has prompted outrage among favela residents and civil rights activists.
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Source: theguardian.com