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The violence has frightened tourists in Rio: the marks are on the shoulders, the legs and the memory. Nine points in all. And a sad memory of Rio de Janeiro.
The Ukrainian Alexander Bubenchikov, 30, was stabbed in a tourist site in the city: the Selarón stairway to Lapa. Three thieves took money, a cell phone and a credit card and one of them stabbed him.
"He tried to hit me on the neck, but I protected myself," said Ukrainian Alexander Bubenchikov.
He shouted in English: I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you.
Alexander does not know he will return until the lack of security is great. Even in Christ the Redeemer, a major symbol of the city, tourists escape violence. Last week, gunmen hijacked 40 people on the trail leading to the monument.
A Swiss tourist went with a knife, his mobile phone, his wallet and his cameras. One of the attackers had a revolver.
Israeli friends came to Rio for entertainment, but spent the day at the Tourism Support Office. Money, phone, glbades, everything was taken to a nightclub in Copacabana and they did not even notice the theft.
The drama of tourists who come to Rio starts on the red line, a must for those leaving the international airport. The inhabitants of the city are suffering from trawlers and shootings on one of the main fast lanes.
A family experienced moments of panic on Wednesday night (9). One of the girls would embark for Vienna, Austria, for an exchange season. In the middle of the path, bandits made a trawler.
"A white car stopped in front of us and three elements came down, one on my side with a rifle, a grenade, a pistol, they asked to remove the ring, and the ring. I did not leave my finger, I hurt my finger, and shortly thereafter they asked us to leave and they took the car. "
The attackers also took the leash. money, mobile phones and Brazilian and Italian student pbadports, which, for fear, did not want to appear. The teenager missed the flight. The trip was postponed in a month.
During the afternoon of this Thursday (10), the JN team went to the international airport and saw that it was not possible. a police car, without occupants.
"The Red Line has no police force, zero security," says taxi driver Andre Santana.
"We are getting too expensive, as during the day we are calmer, but it's still very scary," says economist Ivete Seabra.
"This is a vital line for those arriving here at the airport and we really need to be more monitored," says economist Renato Correia.
The Rio Military Police stated that she had stepped up her patrols on the main arteries of the city, including the Red Line, on Thursday (10), and reinforced the police in the area of the runway leading to Cristo Redentor.
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