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Tag: Jorge Lapas

  • Saturday, August 15th 2015 - 07:08 UTC

    Twenty people killed overnight in Sao Paulo, in what seems rogue police vengeance

    Alexandre de Moraes, head of the Sao Paulo security department, announced the death tally after media reports of deliberate massacre in the suburbs

    A least twenty people were killed and seven injured in a wave of Thursday/Friday overnight shootings in Brazil's biggest city, Sao Paulo, some of them gunned down in cold blood as they sat in a bar.Alexandre de Moraes, head of the Sao Paulo state security department, announced the death tally -- originally placed at 20 -- Friday after media reports of a deliberate massacre in the suburbs, possibly by rogue police.