164 Die in Rio During Carnival
<i> United Press International</i>
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil —
At least 164 people died in this city-- 72 of them homicides -- during the five nights of Carnival, which ended at noon Wednesday, but police called this year’s pre-Lent festival the most peaceful in a decade.
Police blamed the deaths on assaults, traffic accidents and drunken brawls during revelry that marks the final days of permissiveness before Christians begin the 40-day season of Lent.
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