Tag: Marco Prisco

• Thursday, April 17th 2014 - 07:59 UTC

  Brazil sends army to World Cup host city following police strike and widespread looting

  

  Brazil's government ordered 5,000 army troops to one of the host cities for the coming World Cup to provide law and order after a police strike led to civil unrest and looting.On Wednesday, the troops entered Salvador, the capital of Bahia state in northeastern Brazil, the state where police began striking on Tuesday night followed by the ransacking of shops and supermarkets, according to local reports.