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Police helicopter shot down in Rio

  • Oct 18, 2009
  • 1 min read

A police helicopter monitoring fighting between rival gangs in Rio de Janeiro was shot down in fighting Saturday that claimed the lives of two police officers, ten suspected drug traffickers, and a couple of bystanders. Al Jazeera reported that the fighting took place about 8km from one of the zones where the 2016 Olympics will be held.

 
 
 

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