RIO DE JANEIRO: Police in Brazil faced outraged protests and a United Nations call for an investigation on Friday after a raid on a Rio de Janeiro favela left 28 people dead — some reportedly killed in cold blood.
“Stop killing us!” said hundreds of protesters from the impoverished neighborhood of Jacarezinho, who marched outside police headquarters accusing officers of perpetrating a “massacre.” “This is one of the most barbaric acts in the history of the Rio police,” student Roger Denis told Agence France-Presse.
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