Gang Members Shoot at Police, Burn Buses
Suspected gang members exchanged gunfire with police, hurled Molotov cocktails at banks and burned buses in and around Sao Paulo for a second day.
Authorities said members of the First Capital Command gang mounted 100 new attacks against government institutions and businesses. Police have shot four suspects dead.
Meanwhile, gun battles among Rio de Janeiro gangs over control of the city’s lucrative drug trade have resulted in the deaths of at least 12 people since Sunday, officials said.
Officers with submachine guns were patrolling three densely populated slums.
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