In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America, a gun battle between police and members of a drug organization killed 25 people, including one police officer.
According to local police, about 200 police officers attempted to seize a drug organization base in Rio de Janeiro early on the morning of the 6th, resulting in a fierce shootout that killed 25 people.
One of them is a police officer and 24 are believed to be members of the organization.
Police seized 16 pistols, automatic rifles, grenades and other weapons from the scene.
The scene is located in a poor area of Rio de Janeiro, and police have in principle suspended criminal organization detection operations based on court orders since last year when the outbreak of the new coronavirus spread.
However, police said at a press conference on the 6th that this time drug organizations were attracting teenage children to members and committing criminal acts such as theft and assault of passers-by in addition to drug trafficking. , Explains that it was executed after obtaining an arrest warrant.
Reuters reports that police have killed so many people since 2005, 16 years ago.