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According to Commander Ivan Blaz, a spokesman for the military police, a prime minister was shot dead during a confrontation in the community of Nova Brasília.

In social networks, there are reports that the exchange of gunfire took place in known places like Fazendinha, Alvorada and Brasília. Due to the intense confrontation, residents of the area said that they could not leave their homes. The Itaoca Avenue, one of the main access to the community, would be closed.

"I'm very scared, I'm very scared.It's a lot of shooting here.Cops are in my street, there is a helicopter.I woke up running and I'm lying on the floor.My husband did not go to work, my son woke up crying.Think of my despair? This shot was all dawn, but now there is much more, "said a resident of the Fazeninha community at G1 .

Armed criminals in Penha

In the community of Vila Cruzeiro, in Penha, a region close to the German, images made by Globocop captured men armed with rifles on the streets this morning. Two of them had guns, equipped with kit-burst, which increases the firepower. Three of them had rifles.

In the Kelson community, also in Penha, Globocop caught barricades at the main entrances.

They are next to the wall of one of the largest military units in Rio de Janeiro, the Alexandria Admiral Training Center.