Shootout traps tourists at Rio sunrise lookout
- On Tuesday, dozens of tourists were trapped at the Dona Marta lookout in Rio de Janeiro as a gun battle erupted between Brazilian Special Police and the Comando Vermelho gang.
- The clashes began before dawn in the Santa Marta favela, where police launched an operation against the Red Command gang, which controls many poor communities in Rio.
- "It was a war-like situation," Rio photographer Ari Kaye, 43, told AFP, with about 60 people trapped as gunfire lasted around 20 minutes.
- Violence subsequently spread to the affluent neighborhood of Botafogo, where officers carrying rifles were observed running down Sao Clemente Street as authorities suspended all visits.
- This incident marks the second time this year tourists have been caught in police operations; in April, more than 200 visitors were stranded at Morro Dois Irmaos.
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Tens of tourists were stranded on Tuesday at an observation point for the sunrise in Rio de Janeiro, after a firefight broke out between police and drug traffickers in the neighborhood below them. It's the second incident of this...
Tens of tourists remained stranded on Tuesday at a popular observation point for the sunrise in Rio de Janeiro, after a firefight broke out between police and drug traffickers in the neighborhood below them, which is the second such incident that affects visitors this year, broadcasts AFP.
At least four people died on Tuesday during a police operation in the Santa Marta favela, which trapped for several hours and in the middle of an intense shooting of about 50 tourists and visitors who were at a viewpoint on the top of the community, official sources reported.
Cops vs gangs shootout traps tourists at Rio de Janeiro sunrise lookout
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Dozens of tourists were trapped Tuesday at a popular sunrise viewpoint in Rio de Janeiro as a gun battle broke out between police and drug traffickers, in the second such incident to affect visitors to the city this year.
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