A prelude of things to come in the US?
In the ongoing favela violence, gangs bombed police with drones in revenge for the deadly crackdown in the Penha district.
‘This is how the Rio police are treated by criminals: with bombs dropped by drones,’ said a police spokesperson.
‘This is the scale of the challenge we face. This is not ordinary crime, but narco-terrorism.’
A resident added: ‘This is the first time we’ve seen drones from criminals dropping bombs in the community. Everyone is terrified because there’s so much gunfire.’
The aerial assaults came after a brutal police crackdown left at least 119 people dead – spotlighting the city’s controversial war against drug gangs entrenched in its poorest neighbourhoods.
A state police operation targeting a major drug gang in Brazil has resulted in the deaths of 132 people in low-income neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro – the deadliest raid in the country’s history.
Authorities initially said fewer than half that number had been killed in the favelas – the Portuguese term for slum. Protests against excessive police force have since broken out and activists are calling for Rio’s governor to resign over what local people have described as a “slaughter”.
State police said the operation carried out on Tuesday had been planned for months. The “sting” aimed to drive suspects into a forested hillside where special operation units were waiting to ambush them.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/more-130-killed-did-brazil-124456268.html
h/t Rev El. Haitian