Rio’s Olympics neighborhood hit by riots after killing blamed on police — RT News

Rio’s Olympics neighborhood hit by riots after killing blamed on police — RT News:

Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro has erupted into violence after a popular TV dancer was allegedly killed by police in a slum, just a few hundred meters away from a venue for the 2016 Olympics. Angry local residents bombarded police with homemade weapons.

 

A
military policemen stands in position during a violent protest in a
favela next to Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro on April 22, 2014. (AFP Photo /
Christophe Simon)